Why WIndows 8/RT still not a compeling Tablet OS? and what changes microsoft should make for making it a compeling Tablet OS?

My experience tells me that If you need to work with Office 2013 with just finger touch,an 11.6 inch Windows Tablet makes reasionably sensible when you keep the font size to "13" in the screen display settings.
Asus offers Asus VivoTab with Windows 8 (Not talking of the smart version,not talking of the RT Version.Toshiba offers an 11.6 inch detachable tablet. Lenevo offers 11.6 inch convertible lenevo yoga 11/11s Tablet.Sony offers 11.6 inch Convertible Sony Vaio Duo 11.Asus offers 11.6 inch Convertible Asus Taichi 21.Fujitsu offers detachable 11.6 inch STYLISTIC Q702 Windows Tablet.They can be great choices for MS office applications.

For me,"13" screen display font size on an 11.6 inch screen is more or less the same as that in iPad's or Android's Kingsoft office applications , which is very comfortable on an 11.6 inch screen.

With the standard display font size (I think its default 9 or so),quiet a number of times,my finger would strike an another menu button.

However,the problem begins when you have anything less than 11.6 inches.The problem is more in 8 inch devices.

If I increase screen display font size  on 8 inch tablet,lets say like 13,probably it would take a lot of space on screen.

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Microsoft plilosophy is : Use with a stylus.

However,here is the real problem:

I have noticed that typing with stylus on a keyboard is only comfortable on screens as large as 10.8 inch screens and above , not even on 10.2 inches.

The whole thing is that the stylus is not great for typing on such a small keyboard on such a small 8 inch tablet.On other hand,stylus works OK for other forms of inputs like on menu bars. However,it's uncomfortable switching between pen & finger touch and when you interchange pen and finger touch continuously, you might even forget to put pen back into the pen slot and may also loose the expensive stylus pen forever.


A stylus even if you can use with 10.8 inch tablets is really easy to forget in public places where you need "portability" first.I myself lost my stylus for iPad because I forgot it in a project launch party.Carrying less things is always good.The lesser and the bigger stuff you carry,the lesser the chances of loosing.

Yes you can attach a mouse to your 8 inch Dell venue 8 Tablet.
But if it was supposed to be used on a table and not on palms,then you could have bought low cost much more powerful touch screen laptops instead available for the same price.

Simplicity is always better and even though Kingsoft office cannot offer full MS Office like functionality,it's still better made for touch and still more practical for tablet screens anything less than 11.6 inches.That is why Android and IOS tablets are so much easier to use as super poratable tablet PCs.
I do like using stylus for taling down notes.But using stylus should be limited to writting and sketching.Not more than that.

 Is any senior windows and Office Team member reading this article and taking this issue seriously?

Also read this:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/why-bother-the-sad-state-of-office-2013-touch-support/

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I have to really appreciate that one Good thing is that the The menus font size adjust on smaller lower resolution devices.So,whether its Surface or asus vivotab note 8,the font remains same in size.But still its not sufficient enough. Even though Microsoft has tried to make it usuable for touch.But That's not the solution atall!!! MS Office still needs few more improvements to make more easier for touch.

Surface Pro 2 landscape (10.8 inches)

Asus Vivotab Note 8 landscape (around 8 inches)

If you look carefully,in Kingsoft Office on an iPad ,a large number of functions can be accessed by clicking on a button which are placed like a collapsible menu.
In  MS office,most functions are not hidden which takes lots of space.
Microsoft has not thought properly where it should put and what it should put.

However,I have something to say in favour of Microsoft:

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People complain of less apps on windows store.
Frankly speaking I found all necessary first and third party applications for my requirnment accept a decent touch optimised office.Yes,I had to experiment with quiet a number of  third party apps to select and find the best apps.Some apps are missing  but they are not important to me.
Apps on windows store look more cheerful and colourful than on Android.Yes,you have to admit that.

To be frank,I don't think that the variety of usable apps on Mac App store are more than on a windows store.
On a windows store,more news apps seem to be available than on a mac store,.Even though I never used Mac Store,most app developer websites generally do not have any mention of  their apps on mac platform.
Apps on WIndows seem to be more useful than that on Mac App Store.

I can finally admit that Microsoft can make WIndows an all in one Value for Money proposition.

I don't agree with people who are not happy with W8 and who want to downgrade to W7.I don't care even if I don't see a Start menu which was till W7.Infact,thats a good thing.I have pinned all desktop apps on start screen under new named category called desktop apps.

Now,you may think, whether I am in favour of Microsoft or not???Or am I confussed
My answer is if Microsoft shows little interest in solving issues which I discussed above,then I will be in favour of windows.

I will also like to see wired W8 laptop to W8/WRT tablet communication so that transferring and sharing files between a tablet and a laptop is as easy as in with android and windows combination.