Hi Dark,
Yes, unfortunately all the buttons etc are a part of the new interface.
I've used Vista and now Windows 7 so have had time to get use to them,
but I didn't care too much for the new version of Explorer either when I
first encountered it under Vista. However, I have at least managed to
customize Explorer enough that I can ignore all the extra junk that
comes along with it.
That said, you should have seen the Explorer that came with some of the
betas of Windows 8. Now, that was a nightmare. In addition to the
buttons and other crap the menubar had been replaced with the ribbons
that really was a major turn off. Now, I hear the ribbons are suppose
to be removed before final release and let's hope so. Although, Windows
8 will be a dramatic departcher from XP and even Windows 7 as far as the
U.I. goes.
Part of the reason for that is that Apple's iOS and Google's Android OS
is very trendy. Everything is moving to touch screens, and Microsoft
like everyone else is attempting to come up with a touch screen U.I.
similar to Apple's touchscreen U.I. for iOS. Windows 8 has a radically
new user interface with new touch screen technology which is similar to
iOS, and people who love XP will likely hate Win 8 because Microsoft is
pandering to the touchscreen users with their new U.I.
Same thing is happening in the Linux world too. Ubuntu 12 uses Unity
because Cononical is attempting to market Ubuntu Linux for cell phones,
tablet PCs, netbooks, etc all with the new touch screen interface we are
seeing with iOS, and in order to stay competative Linux distros like
Ubuntu have to move away from traditional graphical user interfaces and
adopt trendier interfaces like Unity. Which often leaves access
technology in the position of playing catch up.
Cheers!
On 3/13/2012 6:27 AM, dark wrote:
Hi Tom.
It is true that I have my own folders in xp set as lists, and the
windows 7 machine I tried wasn't mine, I just wasn't sure whether all
those buttons and random controls were part of the interface or could
be disabled.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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