Hi Ben,
Classic Shell is a program for Windows Vista and Windows 7 that restores some of the classic functionality of XP to the Windows environment.
In particular the classic Windows 9x start menu with Programs, Settings, Run, etc in a single menu rather than the split screen start menu from Vista and Windows 7. I don't think it offers any particular advantage in terms of accessibility over the default Windows start menu, but merely provides people the advantage to use the classic Windows interface they like from 95,98, ME, and XP in newer Windows operating systems.
Another small but helpful thing Classic Shell does is reverts dialogs back to the classic Windows dialogs. In Windows 7 if you want to copy and replace a number of files in a directory you get a prompt to Copy and Replace, Skip, and a checkbox to do this action for all the other files in that directory. Classic Shell replaces that dialog with the classic prompt with Yes, Yes to All, and No buttons found in older versions of Windows. About the only accessibility advantage is you can press alt+y for Yes, alt+n for No, and alt+a for Yes to All which is quicker than tabbing through the default Windows 7 copy and replace dialog to look for the checkbox to perform the action on all files and folders.
In short the advantages of Classic Shell is simply a matter of preference. It offers no advantages from an accessibility standpoint. It merely gives people who like the 9x look and feel the 9x look and feel under Windows 7, or at least as close as you are going to get.
Cheers! On 3/11/2012 9:24 AM, Ben wrote:
If I may chime in on this discussion as it were. Windows 8 does not load, or at least the consumer preview doesn't, on any of the pcs we've tried. But apparently, according to an old friend of mine, its almost like a touch-screen (smartphone) interface has been ported to desktop. Just to give you a heads-up. How good is classic shell anyway? Just to ask what it brings in favour of our predicament.
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