Love the new features On 9/12/13, Josh <[email protected]> wrote: > oh now it would be so cool if jim kitchen's games worked on widnows8. > and furthermore it would be excellent if his games took advantage of the > emotion tags for windows8 sapi voices so the voices could sound more > exciting and things when playing football! > > sent from my vinux4 linux laptop > > On 09/12/2013 02:49 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: >> Hi Dark, >> >> I am afraid any answer we give will not satisfy you, because you are >> convinced you are right. So no answer we give will ever satisfy you. >> You want to know why? >> >> Its simple Dark has made up his mind that nothing but XP will ever bee >> good enough for him. XP does all he wants so other people's opinions, >> reasons, and personal experiences mean absolutely zero. So any answer >> we give will mean absolutely nothing to you. >> >> All I can say is that the rest of us have reasons, good reasons we >> consider pretty valid, even if you don't consider those reasons valid. >> It boils down to a personal opinion of value, and of course personal >> value is not something that can be measured with facts, statistics, or >> empirical evidence. Personal value is personal judgment, and I guess >> from that point of view there isn't a thing we can say to sway you >> towards a newer version of Windows. >> >> As for myself there are lots of things I like about Windows 7. Unlike >> you I actually find the Start Menu better laid out than in XP. All of >> my personal folders like Documents, Music, Pictures, Downloads, etc >> are on one side of the screen while the tree view containing my >> programs is on the other. I like this newer look and feel and find it >> easier to find things, because all of my personal folders are right >> there in an organized list rather than being scattered all over my >> desktop. My All Programs Menu is similarly organized. I have submenus >> for Games, Office, Tools, Development, etc and under those are the >> Submenus for each program in that category. So I have a great deal of >> organization in Windows 7 I didn't find in XP. >> >> The new Search feature is great. I can open the Start Menu and type >> the name of a file, folder, program, etc and have it find it in short >> order. I can often open the Start Menu and type "Winword" into the >> search box and have it fire up Word. So the Search box doubles as a >> type of run dialog which is cool. This works in Windows 8 as well as >> Windows 7 making it unnecessary to locate any icon if you know the >> name of the program. >> >> Pinning programs to the Taskbar is another one of those features that >> doesn't seem to be important to an XP user such as yourself, but I >> personally love it. I can pin all of my favorite programs like >> Firefox, Thunderbird, Visual C++, to the Taskbar meaning I can launch >> them directly from the Taskbar rather than from the Windows 7 Start >> Menu or the Start Screen in Windows 8. Even cooler there are hot keys >> assigned to those programs meaning I can use them to jump directly to >> that program or Window with a single keystroke rather than alt+tabbing >> through all the open Windows on the Taskbar. >> >> Another feature Windows 7 and Windows 8 has that frequently is useful >> to me is being able to burn data DVDs without having to pay for a >> third-party software like Nero. All I have to do is select the files >> and folders I want to burn, drag and drop them on the DVD drive, and >> click on Write Disc. That's both simple and actually saves money not >> having to pay $75 USD for Nero etc. >> >> A feature that I frequently use, when programming or dictating long >> documents and emails, is Microsoft's speech recognition. Its built >> into Windows 7 and Windows 8, and gets better every version that comes >> out. Its superior to the Speech Recognition that comes with XP, and it >> really helps save time when dictating a huge block of programming >> code, dictating a long email, or whatever.You should try it some time. >> Would you rather type a long email message or simply dictate it to >> your computer by voice? >> >> Something else I particularly like about Windows 8 is the introduction >> of apps to the Windows OS. Apps are basically miniature programs that >> run in the background all the time, and have a specific feature such >> as displaying today's headline news, the weather, stock reports, and >> various other things of that sort. Sure, I recognize apps aren't for >> everyone, but for me personally I'd sooner have them than not have >> them because I can just click on the weather app, for example, and get >> an idea of the current temp, a weather forecast, and not have to go >> online to look that information up. >> >> Although, I don't have a lot of experience with touchscreens and >> Windows 8 I know Windows 8 has touchscreen support, and NVDA 2013.2 >> works with touchscreens too. I fully expect the next desktop or laptop >> I buy will have a touchscreen and I like the idea of simply pointing >> at the screen and double tapping an icon rather than tabbing all over >> creation to find it and then pressing enter etc. >> >> Add to those features that Windows 7 and Windows 8 have better >> security features such as User Account Control, Windows Defender, >> Microsoft Security Essentials, I felt upgrading was well worth the >> money I paid for it. That might not personally be worth it to you, but >> it was for me and a lot of others. >> >> So to answer your question on what you are missing out on is quite a >> lot. However, those things you are missing out on apparently not >> importent enough to you to justify upgrading. That's the difference >> between you and I. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 9/12/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Well darren what the hell am I actually missing out on? >>> >>> when I say I don't like windows 7's interface, I mean that on the basis >>> of >>> experience, ---- perhaps not extensive experience, but certainly not >>> nothing. As I said, I could well get used to it, but why should I? >>> >>> Learning the iphone interface was a challenge I admit, however it was >>> well >>> worth my while because of the games and other useful applications I got >>> out >>> >>> of it. >>> >>> Is the same true for windows 7 or 8? will I get anything better to >>> compensate me for the inconvenience? >>> >>> This is the point it seems people don't understand, so I'm not using the >>> latest version with the biggest numbers and most swanky hardware, ---- >>> well >>> >>> so what? I really couldn't care less. >>> >>> To missquote a famous american president, ask not what you can do for >>> your >>> computer but what your computer can do for you :D. >>> >>> Beware the Grue! >>> >>> Dark. >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. >
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