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Some people are going to look extremely foolish if this happens 
Windows 8 Adoption Poor
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Some people are going to look extremely foolish if this happens
Its not a big deal eitherway,takes less then a second to go between them ie Metro and old desktop UI,I just hope they don't bring the old start button menu back.
Excellent.
Reading the comments on that article and some other forums, I find so disappointing at the amount of techies this era.
It's like logical thinking is just not possible with some people. So we've all to be spoon fed.
Soldato
I've been through a similar process with both Office 2003 > Office 2007, and now Windows 7 > Windows 8.
In both cases, something I have known and understood for years (to the point where I could talk people through menus without even being at my PC) was ripped away from me and changed, with no easy option to revert.
My immediate reaction? Avoid avoid avoid. Like the introduction of the ribbon before it, I viewed the Start Screen as an unnecessary change that reset my years of familiarity and also forced me to change the way I worked with a PC.
After a period of time, I now think both of these updates are brilliant. The ribbon for example, although forcing you to relearn a lot of locations, allows rapid access to most common commands, and you can easily customise it to have your own dedicated areas in, in far more intricate ways than you could with the simple pre-2007 toolbars. A lot of users who weren't that familiar with the old menus also reacted really positively to this straight away, since the tabs and larger options meant that things seemed more intuitive to them.
Windows 8 has been another radical change in UI, but just what is so bad about it? For power users, you can now get instant access to Control Panel and other technical features with a single right click in the corner of the screen. I've still got the taskbar for my common programs, and now by using the Windows key I can flash up an entire screen of frequent programs for me to use and organise as I see fit.
I wasn't keen on either of these changes, but if you keep an open mind, and instead of basing an argument on "why change?", remember that the only reason change is noticed is because there was already a way of doing things. That doesn't mean it was ever the right or the best way.
In both cases, something I have known and understood for years (to the point where I could talk people through menus without even being at my PC) was ripped away from me and changed, with no easy option to revert.
My immediate reaction? Avoid avoid avoid. Like the introduction of the ribbon before it, I viewed the Start Screen as an unnecessary change that reset my years of familiarity and also forced me to change the way I worked with a PC.
After a period of time, I now think both of these updates are brilliant. The ribbon for example, although forcing you to relearn a lot of locations, allows rapid access to most common commands, and you can easily customise it to have your own dedicated areas in, in far more intricate ways than you could with the simple pre-2007 toolbars. A lot of users who weren't that familiar with the old menus also reacted really positively to this straight away, since the tabs and larger options meant that things seemed more intuitive to them.
Windows 8 has been another radical change in UI, but just what is so bad about it? For power users, you can now get instant access to Control Panel and other technical features with a single right click in the corner of the screen. I've still got the taskbar for my common programs, and now by using the Windows key I can flash up an entire screen of frequent programs for me to use and organise as I see fit.
I wasn't keen on either of these changes, but if you keep an open mind, and instead of basing an argument on "why change?", remember that the only reason change is noticed is because there was already a way of doing things. That doesn't mean it was ever the right or the best way.
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^ agree
I was in a meeting with MS today to which one of their lead marketing consultants admitted that Windows 8 adoption had been poor both at enterprise and consumer level. (Pretty much what I said 10 months ago), the main reasons cited were:
No enterprises are using touchscreens, or will do in the near future
Enterprises using VDI solution based hardware are not likely to raise new expenditure for touch screens
Windows 7 works fine, why change
Windows XP works fine, why change
So again, pretty much what I said a year or so ago. I like Win 8 however
Oh, and please stop calling it Metro. Its not called that anymore ........
No enterprises are using touchscreens, or will do in the near future
Enterprises using VDI solution based hardware are not likely to raise new expenditure for touch screens
Windows 7 works fine, why change
Windows XP works fine, why change
So again, pretty much what I said a year or so ago. I like Win 8 however
Oh, and please stop calling it Metro. Its not called that anymore ........
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For home use I can't fault it
Can understand business being wary of it due to the radical changes but I've got it on 3 machines at home a d both myself and the wife/ kids have no issues. If anything it does seem a bit more stable and a lotore used friendly than 7
Can understand business being wary of it due to the radical changes but I've got it on 3 machines at home a d both myself and the wife/ kids have no issues. If anything it does seem a bit more stable and a lotore used friendly than 7
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Everyone I know still calls it Metro. It's the only universal term that techies can use and all be on the same jargon hymn sheet.
Microsoft killed off the codename too late. It stuck.
Then what is it called?
Man of Honour
The fact it's not long before EOL?
Soldato
It is just called the "Win8 UI" now. Not quite as catchy....
Can I take this opportunity to ask the difference for an end-user between Mainstream Support and Extended Support; most importantly, do security updates and fixes stop at the first one or the second?
I find that funny. Considering how the masses like to abbreviate things and keep it short, simple and catchy. So what happens if one says Metro? does an army come to get you?
Plus, how did "Win8 UI" start? because thats really vague.
Soldato