Well said that man!
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Well said that man!
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Then why are you posting?
Can you get your head around all the other versions of Windows have a start menu and you can launch programs and settings from it.
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Because I was summing up my feelings on the start screen and the hysteria surrounding it. I surprised that needed explaining......
Point was, I'm done,other people should get over it. This isn't the 'windows 8 start screen' thread and there's a lot more to windows 8 than just metro/it doesnt have a start menu.
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No it just sounds like you no longer cared that people don't like Metro, but still feel the need to post the reasons why they should like it
Why should they get over it just to suit you? Just because you have rolled over and accepted a pointless change in the way applications are accessed in Windows desktop environments doesn't mean everyone else should.
It's clearly a big topic and is part of Windows 8 so it's not exactly unreasonable for it to be a big part of a Windows 8 thread.
I've stated clear reason why I don't like it, no one has provided me with any valid responses yet.
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No it just sounds like you no longer cared that people don't like Metro, but still feel the need to post the reasons why they should like it
No, I did nothing of the sort. I only stated some facts, I never said you should like because of that. I dont care if you do/don't.
No they should get over it because it's unlikely to change. I guess you missed the part where i said either buy it or dont. Again, don't care.
No, I had the same choice when i tried the first alpha that people still have now - buy it or dont - And I liked windows 8 even back then. the start menu? meh, it was different. I still used it the same way - most used stuff in jump menus, less frequent start on the start screen and everything else is searchable just buy typing the program name.....just like the old start menu.
Let's be honest, that's not rolling over and getting shafted is it?
it's a big topic for people who refuse to adapt. the rest of us don't care.
And i don't care if you do or don't, that's YOUR choice. What i do care about, is the constant bickering and arguing over points that frankly we are all fully aware of and have been (in the case of most of us) since the dev preview release back in September 2011 and even earlier in some cases. It's hideously boring reading the same dross over and over in this thread and the masses of threads that have been created regarding the start screen (forum search function fail, clearly)... Some people seem to relish objecting to an idea and having people trying to change their minds, plenty of them in this thread. It's boring, do you understand now?
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I am beaten, you are far superior.
No it just sounds like you no longer cared that people don't like Metro, but still feel the need to post the reasons why they should like it
Why should they get over it just to suit you? Just because you have rolled over and accepted a pointless change in the way applications are accessed in Windows desktop environments doesn't mean everyone else should.
It's clearly a big topic and is part of Windows 8 so it's not exactly unreasonable for it to be a big part of a Windows 8 thread.
I've stated clear reason why I don't like it, no one has provided me with any valid responses yet.
I'm neutral on Metro it has both good and bad points however looks like Microsoft will be giving us more customization options in Win9(Windows Blue) so I'm all for that,fact is I'm glad start button is gone,its been around since Win95 so was long over due IMHO to go the way of the dodo.
End of the day Win8 is more versatile then Win7 IMHO especially as a hybrid OS,most of the complaints are from desktop users but fact is you can work with Win8 quite well as a desktop user.
Bottomline Metro is here to stay and they are not bringing back the Start button even in the next OS so get over it guys (Microsoft have more or less confirmed this) ....I will say again glad its getting more customization, improvements in the next OS.
I may sound like a Win8 fan but DOS 6.22 was my first love,if I can get over DOS going way of the dodo for Windows I'm sure you guys can get over the old Start Button menu thats almost 20 years old.
http://www.dailytech.com/Quick+Note+Start+Button+to+Stay+Dead+in+Windows+Blue/article29511.htm
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Nobody expected them to bring the start button back.
I did not expect them to bring it back but obviously from the moans from some desktop users they did.
I find using Win+x Menu editor is more then enough.
http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.30
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I'd love to know how they propose to further 'flatten' the desktop because I'm not seeing much scope to do so. Unless they mean getting rid of the Vista/7 era icons and replacing them with metro style icons.
That would make a lot of sense actually.
That would make a lot of sense actually.
There's subtle effects going on that you probably won't notice until they are taken away...
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I don't understand this.
When you were using windows 7 did you disable the start menu or desktop and just use the one? If you didn't then it wouldn't make sense to want to disable one on Windows 8, they work in exactly the same way.
The difference is that the classic start menu was integrated into the desktop shell (explorer.exe), whereas Metro is a separate tablet friendly OS running separate to it.
If Metro adoption becomes widespread they can basically remove the explorer.exe and dictate that everyone uses only Metro which is a more controlled environment (hence developers anger towards Windows 8); and that's probably the reason why they're forcing Metro down everybody's throats and even shipping their server OS with it.
If Metro adoption becomes widespread they can basically remove the explorer.exe and dictate that everyone uses only Metro which is a more controlled environment (hence developers anger towards Windows 8); and that's probably the reason why they're forcing Metro down everybody's throats and even shipping their server OS with it.
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The start screen is basically an overlay on the desktop (or the desktop is an overlay on the start screen). It really is no different to having the start menu functionality wise.
There are not 2 operating systems running at the same time.
Do you honestly think they would get rid of the desktop? Why would they? What would they gain? I can't see it happening.
It is the first thing that loads. Feels like the theatre curtain to the stage.
Well you clearly do, otherwise you wouldn't keep rolling out this "refuse to adapt" rhetoric.
Newsflash - not liking something doesn't mean you're "refusing to adapt" to it. It just means you don't like it.
I don't see why this forum can't just have both Windows 7 and Windows 8 users who co-exist without bickering.