I also don't understand what the fuss is about re. the Start Menu button, because quite frankly for everyone who is not mentally challenged it should really not matter much if you click on a button on the lower left corner or just move the mouse in the lower left corner (or use the Windows key).
Seeing the way Microsoft is going with Office (renting instead of selling) made me even happier to have switched to LibreOffice.
Only reason I have Office ( the whole dang thing, complete with powerpoint and some other stuff I never use) is Outlook
I refuse to learn one every time Microsoft shits one out.
Why everyone hangs onto the start button like it's their old security blanket is beyond me.
The thing is that the last time Microsoft has 'shat one out' was 18 years ago.
It took me two days to get used to 'Metro', it's not rocket science.
The thing I don't understand is that, with all the constant change and need to learn new things around us, how some people can seriously expect that with computers, the epitomes of the fastest changing sectors of technology, they can learn something and expect this knowledge to remain valid forever. It's just ignorant and plain stupid.
Because the user interface doesn't have to change. I don't know about you, but my computer does the same things it's done for years. It does them faster, and it's better at doing more of them at once, but other than that, not much has changed.
They rearrange for the sake of rearranging every major release. Hint: I don't just mean the application launcher.
QuoteIt took me two days to get used to 'Metro', it's not rocket science.
Including all the little things that you haven't done since last year? I like that I know where all those things are and can find them on a whim, knowing they haven't moved, if I need them again.
Because the user interface doesn't have to change.
I don't know about you, but my computer does the same things it's done for years. It does them faster, and it's better at doing more of them at once, but other than that, not much has changed.
Speak it brother, I don't know why this concept is so hard to understand. You can only make the desktop so ergonomic
No, they don't. Many may think differently but MS doesn't just employ idiots (albeit I guess they have their fair share of them, too). Many changes are because of user feedback, and they do quite a bit of research in Human Factors and UI design.
The thing is that finding rarely used functions is getting easier with every Windows version, and with Windows 8 you don't even have to remember where that rarely used setting was. It's much more convenient than trying to remember where that one function I needed last time a year ago was.
QuoteBecause the user interface doesn't have to change.
With that thinking we would still be stuck with paper tape and line printers
UIs change because the way people use computer changes,
and also because computers get more powerful which not only allows much more advanced user interfaces
and also new applications that again may require UI changes.
Don't get me wrong, if you refuse change for whatever reason then fine, and if you want to stay with your current GUI then of course that's your own business. But you should not expect that your preference is equally valid for other users, and you should not expect MS to cater for users that are against any change and at the end of the day only want to keep what they already have.
Speak it brother, I don't know why this concept is so hard to understand. You can only make the desktop so ergonomic
You might want to read a bit about Human Factors and UI design, just to understand why this statement is nonsense.
but I would expect a person of normal intellect to be able to handle a UI change every 18 years.
The What-once-was-called-Metro interface can easily be treated like a full screen start menu, no need for a touch screen
Why everyone hangs onto the start button like it's their old security blanket is beyond me.
Probably the same reason why the first thing they do on a new Windows XP installation is to restore the bland Windows 95 menu and color scheme.
The car features a pair of joysticks that duplicate one another's movements so it doesn't matter which one is pushed, pulled or turned to control the car.
My no1 belief is that Activation for operating systems and programs is a disaster and my biggest wish is that somehow it can disappear
Who cares about the Start button? Since when was a Start button used for stopping the computer a good design idea anyway?
Windows 8 is taking the blame for PC sales slide, but the truth is that who needs to upgrade? My current main computer is a Dell XPS laptop 2.53GHz Intel Core Duo. It is fast enough. I have used it for programs like Maya (the leading 3D animation package) and it is fine. Why on earth would I need to upgrade?
tomorrow is "online everytime", online activation, getting Apps from virtual place rented instead of bought etc. computing will not just get tied to OS and softwares only anymore, but PC/hardware is going to get tied to internet in the same way (no net no computing).