I remember the first time I got my Windows 8 laptop. I spent an hour or two installing all the programs I've grown to love over the years. I switched back to Metro, after installing all my legacy programs, and it looked like the start menu threw up all over my screen.
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: > The difference though is the number of clicks and mouse movements > required. I never really used ‘Pin to Start’ in Win7 I just used run or > browsed the start menu. The problem I have now is that the few items I did > browse for, that ‘browsing’ the start screen experience takes a lot longer. > It would be like if I was browsing a menu and all the items are expanded, > it takes forever if I don’t try to search for it! Then when I do search, it > only shows ‘Apps’ and I have an extra click for ‘Settings’. Overall, it > just takes me more time to find and open apps.**** > > ** ** > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason Sandys > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:58 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > ser vice**** > > ** ** > > The start menu was **never** a concise list of apps – you just got used > to digging through it. Why not pin your apps to the taskbar or simply hit > start button and type what you know you want? Or remove all of the unwanted > tiles from the start screen? There are many thing you can do but everyone > needs to be honest: the start menu was never a small list of apps that > was/is quick to navigate – it is just familiar to everyone.**** > > ** ** > > J**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Ratliff > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 2, 2013 8:40 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > ser vice**** > > ** ** > > Yeah the additions are all but useless, I do like that you can customize > and group the start screen icons a little better. You can also control what > moving into the corners does. I still don’t like it as much as a > traditional start menu though. I want a nice concise list of all my apps > and don’t want to have to search for them. **** > > ** ** > > *Daniel Ratliff* **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rod Trent > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > ser vice**** > > ** ** > > Have you played with the Start button or the boot to desktop in Windows > 8.1 yet? They may not be what you think they are. Both features are still > tied heavily to the Metro interface. I believe Microsoft is willing to live > with two steps forward and one step back.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Spinelli, Robert J > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:01 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > ser vice**** > > ** ** > > Rod how did the dragging us kicking and screaming work out for Windows 8? > Not so great, which is why they brought back Start Menu and Boot to desktop > in Win 8.1. **** > > ** ** > > It shouldn’t be a company’s role (ex: MS) to pull their customers into > something kicking and screaming, it’s supposed to be the other way around. > **** > > ** ** > > Thank you.**** > > ** ** > > Robert Spinelli | CTS | GTI | 575 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, > 07310, United States| T: +1.201.595.6820 | C: +1.917.538.6192 | > [email protected]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2013 8:52 PM > *To:* SMS > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > ser vice**** > > ** ** > > Two completely different areas, for one reason. Microsoft will drag us > kicking and screaming into the future - count on it.**** > > **** > > Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro**** > > **** > > *From:* Michael Mott > *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2013 8:27 PM > *To:* [email protected]**** > > **** > > If we can get MMS back, why cant we swell up TechNet?**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rod Trent > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 5:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > No one does. But, what alternative do you have right now?**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Michael Mott > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 5:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > Not really, I don’t want to rebuild labs every 6 months….**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rod Trent > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 5:04 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > 6 months is a pretty long time.**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Jason Sandys > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 4:08 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > I think the intent is for ITPros to use the 180 day evals for their own > labs.**** > > **** > > J**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rod Trent > *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2013 3:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > There’s also the virtual labs. You no longer have to maintain special > hardware.**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Marcum, John > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 3:22 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > Spinning up an Azure VM does not meet the requirement of MSDN software. I > can’t test on my hardware, in my data center, in my environment without > MSDN or paying for software. Microsoft is going to push this Azure crap too > hard and people are simply going to stop using MS software. People are > heavily invested in the Microsoft skillset but other than the bodies > running the systems there’s no other real dependency upon Microsoft. We > could just as easily run on open source.**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rod Trent > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 2:12 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription > service**** > > **** > > Not really, when you think about it. TechNet was used more for > downloading software than any of the other benefits. You can spin-up a > Windows Azure VM and test the same software now. No reason to have it > on-premise for testing. Plus, the other options they are offering as > replacements are all free.**** > > **** > > They are keeping MSDN, though (for a while), so you can subscribe to that > if you want to download bits.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Spinelli, Robert J > *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 2:37 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] OT: Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription service > **** > > **** > > This is pretty terrible, TechNet yearly subscription was great. **** > > **** > > > http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-shut-down-technet-subscription-service-7000017541/ > **** > > **** > > Thank you.**** > > **** > > Robert Spinelli | CTS | GTI | 575 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, > 07310, United States| T: +1.201.595.6820 | C: +1.917.538.6192 | > [email protected]**** > > **** > > This communication is for informational purposes only. 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