On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Greg Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > I installed win95 on my home pc when I was a teenager. After about 1/2 hour > of not understanding the differences the impatient teenager in me went back > to dos and typed deltree win95... >
Heh. I've been using Windows since about version 1 or 2 (when were the versions different for different processors 286/386?) I've always been at least somewhat enthusiastic about succeeding versions, (well, maybe not Millennium Edition)) but I'm looking at 8 with distinct apprehension, given I'm likely to have to code for it) > Since then I've decided to embrace the fact that there's generally pretty > good reasons why big movers like MS & Apple make the decisions they do and I Almost an appeal to authority there. > learnt to accept the fact that the cheese moves, regularly, and that I > should either move with it or go find something else that I like better. MS > is trying to make the platform better for the consumer, just like we're Perhaps the first-time user. But making a consumer re-learn? We're likely to be the most computer-literate portion of the market, if there's dissent here I can scarcely imagine how users that have to think about how to start an app are going to feel. > trying to make apps, sites, whatever work the best that we can for the > users. Obviously they have an interest in keeping everyone happy (inc devs) > but the consumers are the ones driving the market so it's up to us to go > with the flow, keep up and embrace the changes. > There are choices if one day I decide that I don't enjoy my job, or I can > make more money doing something else. > Unlikely. > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Only if you navigate by mouse. Type, don't click. And if it's a tablet? >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Bill McCarthy >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I fear the new start screen will get just as messy as the old start menu >>> did. In fact, the lack of folders or popups from the start menu will mean >>> a >>> lot of horizontal scrolling will be needed for traditional desktops. >>> > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
