Confirmed: Windows Blue Will Be Free, to Be Called 8.1
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I find them all the same to be honest,(regardless of the UI or OS does not take me long)typing this post on Linux Mint,earlier today I was using my Android tablet for banking,later Win8 for gaming etc...infact I'm bit bored with Win8 because nothing really new to learn and have it fully customised to my needs,at least 8.1 will give me something new to play with for awhile, take me what a second at most to learn the new start button lol....
When I get bored again probably play with more Linux Distro's.
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While watching a windowed video in MPC the other day all I wanted to do was open Notepad, Word, and the Calculator... Was a complete and utter pain in the arse...
Oh but the W8 fans will say: "But look at all these fantastic apps and you can snap FOUR apps on your screen!"
Were you using a tablet? If not, why are you making things difficult for yourself and not using the desktop versions of these applications? Honest question.
They are all desktop applications. I didn't even know there's an App for Word. Thank god they haven't turned Microsoft Office solely into a Metro App.
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Shame on you MS for giving in to the moaners that can't cope with change, especially as you made so much effort to bring these changes in gradually through Vista and 7. It's not your fault they ignored them and continued to use windows in the old fashioned 'menu' way. Win8 is excellent, fluid, fast and a step forward which I applaud you for. What a shame you've been hen pecked into making a step backwards. 
Shame on you MS for giving in to the moaners that can't cope with change, especially as you made so much effort to bring these changes in gradually through Vista and 7. It's not your fault they ignored them and continued to use windows in the old fashioned 'menu' way. Win8 is excellent, fluid, fast and a step forward which I applaud you for. What a shame you've been hen pecked into making a step backwards.
It's not that bad, they aren't returning the menu. It's just a button that will do exactly the same as the bottom left hot corner.
A small niggle as you can't disable it, but ultimately nothing in that regard has changed.
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As long as it's not an type start menu thing I'm not too fussed.
I find using Windows 7 a pita now.
I find using Windows 7 a pita now.
They are all desktop applications. I didn't even know there's an App for Word. Thank god they haven't turned Microsoft Office solely into a Metro App.
Ah right. So you were struggling to use 4 applications at the same time on the desktop? The experience on the desktop is pretty much the same as windows 7.
still not a biggy.
roll on Build so we can have a play.
Really?
Oh dear god :/ I actually prefer the Windows 8 way now & now I'm being forced to have a button put back on the taskbar when there is no need for one.
Awesome thanks whiners!
You never know might be an option to hide it,I'm hoping we'll see a lot more customisation options in Win8.1 for the user.
It's a small change, but it bugs me somewhat that they've changed it at all or been maoned into doing so. They should have been stronger in their convictions IMO.
I'm still flabergasted
p) at how so called 'techy' people can't see the benefit of hitting the win key and starting to type to find what you want in an instant, pinning things you use the most, or the other half dozen ways there are of finding what you want quickly. Why on earth you'd want to troll through menu after menu after menu to find an app is beyond me, although I suppose these forums are full to bursting with people that love to troll anyway. The Start button isn't there to placate the "moaners", it's there to make the UI more discoverable and intuitive for your average user.
And the hot corner advocates are in danger of being hoisted by their own petard if they carry on down this road of complaining about the new button as an affront to progress. Because that's just as banal as some of the complaints against metro.
And the hot corner advocates are in danger of being hoisted by their own petard if they carry on down this road of complaining about the new button as an affront to progress. Because that's just as banal as some of the complaints against metro.
They should have just done a proper tutorial for it to be fair. it really isn't hard.
A better tutorial is part of the solution (and they do seem to have added one to the start screen thankfully)
Neither is googling.
Heh, well they all have fancy £400 - £500 Smart Phones and iPad's. Yet never off the internet. So how come they can't work out a Start button or hot corners let alone 3 clicks to shut down? even some of the so called gurus on here that have been freaking out over it.
maybe they just aren't as good with computers as they thought they were, tbh of the people I work with the ones who are good have no problem with win 8, but they also don't have a problem really with whatever you put infront of them. There are others who it really doesn't matter what you change, they are screwed, and don't know what to do, but they don't know the difference between being able to understand and use a computer properly and monkey see monkey do, which in my experience is what most self proclaimed experts actually do.. Not everyone is like that there is always the element of preference too, but when you hear someone crying about windows 8 and how they had to pay someone else a couple hundred quid to install windows 7 for them you realise its not a windows 8 problem its because they haven't a clue. Admitting that and watching a few youtube tut's would do them a lot of good.
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It's a small change, but it bugs me somewhat that they've changed it at all or been maoned into doing so. They should have been stronger in their convictions IMO.
I'm still flabergasted
Or perhaps people just prefer to go through menu after menu. Why do you care? Lose the elitist attitude - newer is not always better.