can I use send to mail recipient with the mail app?

Folks, y'all have GOT to grasp what SHARE means in the Windows 8 and Windows Phone world.  It's not the old concept of network sharing.  It is a MUCH larger concept, now, which includes SENDING files via email, twitter, facebook, etc.  When you choose SHARE you are basically saying "I want to pass the file TO someone or some place."  So, there is no more "Send To" on the Metro side.  It is still there for the desktop side, of course.  But if you are on the Metro side and need to send a file somewhere you use SHARE, just like on the phone.  If you want to direct a file to a printer or similar device, you use DEVICES.

Well, you don't need to break existing functionality to add new functionality, but I guess Microsoft doesn't know that or care about it.

steve

Yes, it seems like that is a common problem with Microsoft. Every update they add "fixes" the old one but adds new problems. They don't have to change what already works.

I think you're incorrect on your logic there. Also you have to realize there's no native Metro file explorer, so "sharing" that file isn't as easy. It should be able to be sent to email application.

I'm really glad I subscribed to this thread because I figured it'd be getting some good responses.

I think this is a really good example of the lack of integration between Metro and desktop UI. I feel like Microsoft is pushing for Metro, and I prefer Metro, but the problem is, it's not very productive. The reason of that is because Microsoft LIMITS the way developers can interact with the system, so they just rely on legacy apps to handle this. It really does feel like a Windows 7 with a Metro shell sometimes.

I would love to have all of my regularly used desktop applications as a Metro application without losing any functionality. I think a lot of Metro apps over simplify, so I end up just using the desktop version (see Skype) or use a web version (see Outlook).

I think Windows Blue is a good step, and I really like Windows 8. They just need to up the productivity level of applications and stop trying to limit their capability for security, instead make security an operating level thing instead of managing it through limiting developers. And make Metro apps more productive!! Stop supporting legacy, it will drag and hold you down in the end.

Another example is the fact that you don't get desktop notifications Metro side, and you can't have Metro apps pinned in the taskbar(without 3rd party).

Again, this thread is just a bigger example of how desktop is just a placeholder and they did no work to integrate these 2 pieces.

If I can open a file using a metro app (e.g. opening a pdf in Reader) from the Desktop File Explorer, I should be able to Send To... using the metro Mail app. Simple as that.

I'm hoping for much deeper integration of "Metro" ideas into the Desktop side of Windows 8 with future updates. I think Microsoft has the right idea with how applications can be connected via Charms and whatnot, but right now the functionality and cooperation of desktop/modern ui is too disjointed.

What all of this boils down to, is that it is much more pleasant from a user experience perspective to be using just the desktop or just the metro environment. Aside from having something like a chat application snapped to one side, I personally find it annoying trying to manage programs running on the desktop and programs running in metro.

Lots of great things exist in Windows 8 and the ideas have been set, but Microsoft needs to start refining the whole experience, not just metro.