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http://www.king5.com/news/technology/Microsoft-touching-up-Windows-8-to-address-gripes-206375791.html

Interesting. Only having had my laptop since Saturday, I'm quite frustrated with the Start button resorting to thetiled start screen and not a tradition Start menu in desktop mode.
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Is it confirmed now?

Bet people like Start8 are fuming - http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
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It really doesn't need much, people need to move n from the windows 95 way of thinking
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Deano download something called classic shall. Works a treat gives a start button etx
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It really doesn't need much, people need to move n from the windows 95 way of thinking


Whilst I'm all for change and I generally like W8, metro doesn't work well with a mouse, or even a touch screen where laptops are concerned IMO.

Something as simple as moving a document between two folders using metro is impossible and when you switch to desktop mode, to open two windows you have to hope you've got two random folders on your desktop you can use to navigate each one to the correct destinations. You'd rarely need to do this on a tablet so fair enough but on a laptop when using USB pens and actually wanting to organise stuff it suprising how tedious it can be.
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It really doesn't need much, people need to move n from the windows 95 way of thinking


u wot
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Lack of clock in the Start menu screen pisses me off.

May be they'll sort the hyperlink issue in Mail too.
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Moving between folders in desktop mode is as easy as it was in windows 7?!?
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quote:
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It really doesn't need much, people need to move n from the windows 95 way of thinking
New. Coke.
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Is it confirmed now?


No it's all still rumours for the 'Blue' update. Although i hope they bring in the option to get rid of metro on Server 2012+, horrendous idea.
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Move away from things that they know which work?
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We've moved into an age of dumb computing, dumbed down mobile style interfaces, features taken away, a world where it's harder and harder to do 'real' work and easier and easier to piss about doing 'fake' work on shitty apps. The gap between those who 'build' and those who 'use' will soon be so big that those who 'build' will hold the keys to the future and those who 'use' will be controlled like puppets.
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Where have you taken that from Ash

Metro and the new server management thing on 2012 are so slow.

They don't want you logging into a server desktop at all anymore though, should all be server core and everything is done via management tools on your laptop or a web interface.

Also, 'real' work and Apple
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It's funny that one of the intentions of Windows 8 was to make life easier for 'those who build'.
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And to be honest, .Net development is about as easy you can get.
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I use windows 8 at work all day as well as at home now, still managing fine without the start menu, didn't take long to adjust.
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Server 2012 is a joke, why the fuck do you need a metro interface on a server?

Oh yeah cus im going to install server on my windows phone
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Where have you taken that from Ash

Also, 'real' work and Apple


Just happens to be my train of thought just recently when I see how 'hand holdy' everything has become at a time when we're finally far enough along to not need it.

I think it comes back to the skeuomorphism debate.

Apple are one of the worst for it tbh. That said I don't mind so much on my phone/iPad as they'd never be my first port of call for actually getting aything done but when it comes to my laptop/desktop its a different story.

[Edited on 07-05-2013 by A2H GO]
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quote:
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I use windows 8 at work all day as well as at home now, still managing fine without the start menu, didn't take long to adjust.


This all day long!

 
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