Hi Tom.
My problem with the start menue generally in 7, and indeed most of the
interface, is that it all works contextually.
For the past 12 or so years, I've learnt my way around the insides of
windows by looking at what things are where, and putting things in places
that I can easily find myself again.
For instance, "my documents" I've always used for documents, and for music
have a music folder instead. The idea of having music insides the documents
folder is less than logical to me.
I then have start menue icons grouped by use and developer. I have one
folder for audio games, with sub folders for gma, usa games, spoonbill etc,
one for text games with if interpreters and the like, one for freeware
graphical games, one for generally useful programs such as avg etc.
This way I can A, find stuff more easily, but also know exactly what I've
got just as easily as if I were to read the braille lables on my snes
cartridges.
This is why i don't like the context sensative stuff, especially sinse it's
usually based on last used.
if I get a hankering to play shades of doom, it doesn't matter if I've not
played it for a while, indeed say I've finished playing q9, I don't want
that on the top of the menue.
i suppose I just like being in personal control of where things are rather
than leaving it to a computer filing system which might not be as I like it,
much less be reliant upon a search box and auto complete features.
As it turns out, you can create folders in the start menue of windows 7, so
I'll probably just try and get as close to my current setup as humanly
possible.
it's not really a case of liking the xp interface, for me, it's more a case
of liking an interface that I can have some measure of control over. In
windows 7, that control is reduced, hence my dislike for the system, ----
indeed I'm not looking forward to having to cope with windows explorer in 7
at all, sinse once again that has far more options than I need.
Again, this seems a case where microsoft have unilaterally decided what is
best for everyone to have without any considderation that people may want
something different.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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