I have been using ribbons for a while and honestly they are not that bad.
Its like a mobile, you have a large string and a lot of dangly bits.
These bits can go accross and are grouped.
And I think of that a lot more tidier.
I don't know exactly where something is but if I know its group its
fine enough.
At 04:57 p.m. 23/08/2012 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Pitermach,
Hmm...I wasn't aware Classic Shell would work with Windows 8, but that
is nice to know. Still, it is not an ideal solution for me because I
much prefer the Start Menu that comes with Windows 7 rather than the
classic Start Menu that came with Windows 98. Now, if you have a
solution that will give me back the Windows 7 Start Menu we might have
something to talk about.
As far as Windows 8 being great I seriously beg to differ. I've never
been a fan of the ribbons to begin with and pretty much everything in
Windows 8 uses them now. Unfortunately, there is no way to get back
the classic menu bars we've used like forever.Add to it the crappy
start screen and I'm decidedly dissatisfied with the new user
interface. Obviously, this is just my opinion, but I don't see myself
upgrading to Windows 8 for a long time if ever because I flat out
don't like it. Although, my opinion might change after I have time to
grow use to the new user interface. We will see.
Cheers!
On 8/23/12, Pitermach <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> I do agree about the start screen and partially agree about metro/modern
> UI as it's now called because microsoft had to change its name, however
> I do like some of the new windows 8 features. Narrator works very well
> with Metro apps since it's implying a Mac OS style of navigation, and
> nvda isn't quite there yet. On a tablet Narrator offers full touchscreen
> access which is very similar to iOS.
> As far as the windows store, apps have an accessibility rating that gets
> displayed if you have a screen reader running. Developers can mark that
> their apps have been tested again screen readers and it will be indicated.
> As far as games, the xBox live app is just awesome. You can do things
> you'd expect with your account like order games to your xBox, or even
> control it, view your achievments and so on, and you get the same kind
> of access to Windows games as well, which is really cool. Lastly, if
> you're one of those people who doesn't like the start screen, you can
> get classic shell which can restore your usual start menu, and it works
> great with Screen Readers. Not to mention the other smaller things like
> UIA being a lot quicker and moer stable and the new voices, if you get
> passed the annoying start screen Windows 8 is great.
>
>
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