that type-to-search and keyboard support is the same in windows 8 on the metro screen, are you arguing it's gone? Le 2013-05-05 20:06, "Raffaele Fragapane" <[email protected]> a écrit :
> I might be missing something here, but my start menu in both Linux and > Windows is serviced by two amazing modern pieces of tech: > 1) I can create and organize folders and links inside them > 2) When they come up I can right away start typing the name of something > and it will instantly offer, and consequently update, filtered results as I > type. > > As someone with a respectable typing speed and keyboard dexterity, I > normally get anywhere I want within two seconds top by ctrl+esc, typing > what I know will fetch me the app I want, and then hitting enter. > > The autoarranging (one should say autoscrambling), spastically coloured > tetris blocks with gimongous unrelated icons or retina searing white text > on bright green background don't quite do it for me. > > That said, Sam, I don't know where you read about all these instability > and driver problems, but I would reconsider. > Any well clued people I know using it finds it responsive, stable, and > generally a well polished product, with only the UI being non-sensical > without a touch device. > > Given touch sensitive monitors will no doubt become the standard even for > desk-bound products at some point, I can't say it's a bad move on MS' end, > just they should have found a better large surface alternative when they > run that UI on monitors 22" and up, but you can always switch it to a more > familiar mode if you really can't deal with it. > > > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>wrote: > >> the start menu has always been unusable, imho - you never know under >> which folder things will be hidding (company name, product name, suite >> name, random other name), there is too much crap in there and it got even >> less usable with XP auto hiding. this is just legacy stuff, crap we learn >> to be expert at using. what's important is that Microsoft still supports >> keyboard shortcuts and search >> Le 2013-05-05 14:04, "Sam" <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >> People have good reason to hate windows 8. Because the metro cell phone >>> menu is useless on a desktop PC. Windows 8 is even more than Vista, in fact >>> more people are still using Vista than are using windows 8. I spent about a >>> week with windows 8 and it’s really the most terrible UI I’ve ever used. I >>> can’t see how anyone would think a grid of multi-sized (horridly colored) >>> cubes that takes up your whole screen is easier to search than an >>> alphabetized text list (with related items grouped in folders) that only >>> takes up a small portion of your screen. **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Microsoft should have known better than to do this because it’s obvious >>> that people do not like the metro interface. All you have to do is look at >>> their cell phone market share. They tried to make their cell phone >>> interface more popular by sticking it on their new OS, but instead, they >>> made their new OS as popular as their cell phones… **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Not even going to get into the other problems, like compatibility, the >>> apps interface and the driver problems I’ve read about. This is one place >>> where they really should have copied apple. On a mac you can completely >>> ignore all the cell phone crap they added.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rob Wuijster >>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 04, 2013 1:27 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: Aw: RE: Graphics update problem in animation editors**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Me neither, but apparently new stuff in Windows always leads to very >>> extreme opinions. >>> >>> Just look at Win8 and the 'removal' of the start menu. Some people will >>> almost go into cardiac arrest just talking about it. ;-) >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Rob**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> \/-------------\/----------------\/**** >>> >>> On 4-5-2013 0:13, Sam wrote:**** >>> >>> I never understood all the hate for Aero. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [ >>> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >>> *On Behalf Of *Rob Wuijster >>> *Sent:* Friday, May 03, 2013 6:29 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: Aw: RE: Graphics update problem in animation editors**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Most apps rely on the default behavior of Windows itself. >>> So by turning off Aero, you may introduce unwanted behavior in an >>> app..... ;-) >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Rob**** >>> >>> \/-------------\/----------------\/**** >>> >>> On 3-5-2013 15:22, Leo Quensel wrote:**** >>> >>> I have the same problem all the time. I hate Aero and don't want it. Why >>> should we have to switch it on to prevent bugs from happening?**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Leo**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 03. Mai 2013 um 15:03 Uhr >>> *Von:* "Sean Donnelly" >>> <[email protected]><[email protected]> >>> *An:* "[email protected]"<[email protected]> >>> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >>> *Betreff:* RE: Graphics update problem in animation editors**** >>> >>> Do you have Window Aero turned on? It should be. >>> >>> Sean >>> >>> From: [email protected] [ >>> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >>> On Behalf Of Dan Yargici >>> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 8:43 AM >>> To: Morten Bartholdy; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Graphics update problem in animation editors >>> >>> I get it all the time in the Render Tree and ICE Tree, it can be really >>> infuriating. >>> >>> DAN >>> >>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I am experiencing an annoying problem with lacking update in animation >>> editors and other curve editors. I can select (tag) a key and it will not >>> show the tagged point - I have to move or resize the window to force an >>> update. Sometimes only part of the window updates until I move or resize, >>> making it difficult to work with any type of curve editor. >>> >>> >>> >>> I am on Soft 2013 SP1 Win7 x64, Geforce GTX 570 driver version 311.06. >>> >>> >>> >>> I am guessing this is not a bug, merely a driver issue, so I am curious >>> to know if others have experienced something similar and if not, which >>> version drivers you use? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Morten >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6292 - Release Date: >>> 05/02/13**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6295 - Release Date: >>> 05/03/13**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! >
