I think Microsoft got iPad-spooked and has gone off the deep end trying to reconfigure their user interface. There's no way I'd turn this loose on my parents; they have a hard enough time with Windows already. I don't like it at all (it's garish and even with smooth animation it looks clumsy) and I didn't like the widget idea when it was first introduced. Another big point is that this is a consumer-oriented GUI. It doesn't suit a business PC at all.
On Jun 7, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Jennifer Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I followed the link to the longer article (Fear and Loathing in Windows 8) > and he talked about the shut down process and about how he had to do a web > search to find shut-down instructions and there are TONS of them out there, > with variations on what procedure to use. I don't think it should be that > tough to turn anything off. > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Race <[email protected]> wrote: > I stuck Win 8 on my old box (file server here we come!) just to see what was > what. I really wanted to like this OS. Like really, really wanted to like > it. Gizmodo seemed rather positive about it. The little videos I've seen > here and there were kinda neat. > > Then I starting messing with it. > > Whoo boy. > > I like the look. Its clean and colorful. Seems peppy too. Everything snaps > around nicely. > > Then I tried to restart the box. Erm. Where is the Start menu? I couldn't > find anything in either 'squares' mode or vanilla desktop mode (there is > nothing in the lower left corner in desktop mode. if you hover over it, the > button to put it back in squares mode comes up.) > > After this frustration, I couldn't be bothered to monkey with it anymore. > I'm willing to concede that this was mostly ignorance on my part. But the > fact that it was so darn frustrating to get something simple like that done > really put me off. As an aside, I ended up hitting the Power button on the > computer case itself and this worked. Go figure. > > I dunno. I'm still hoping beyond hope. > > > On Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:54:35 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/windows_8_microsoft_s_radical_operating_system_redesign_will_aggravate_you_to_no_end_.html > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/Ut5t7oVXr2cJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > -- > Jennifer "Scraps" Walker > > The Helper Monkey Network > http://www.jenniferwalkeronline.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
