Windows 8

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FUCK THE POLICE

911 EVERY DAY
1. I needed to look online for a tutorial on how to shut it down. This should not be the case.

2. Control panel options no longer appear when you search for them. So you're going to have to manually open the control panel and dig for things from now on.

3. The new metro image and video viewer keeps a convenient cache of the last image or video you were viewing, and briefly displays it when you open up a new one. So, if you've looked at some porn and then deleted it, you have to make sure to open up a clean image or video, unless you want the next person who looks at an image or video to be greeted with whatever was going on the previous image for the time it takes the desired one to load. And it takes a long time.
 
Oh wait, the third point is only true because there's no way to close Metro apps.

I know Microsoft is taking the Android and iOS approach of suspending them until needed. But sometimes, it isn't about memory or performance. Sometimes I just don't want the goddamn clutter, or I don't want to keep my porn up.
 
I haven't paid attention to the windows 8 hate. Can someone sum up the... 3-4 main reasons why they aren't happy with it?
 
Capt Billy the Kid said:
I haven't paid attention to the windows 8 hate. Can someone sum up the... 3-4 main reasons why they aren't happy with it?
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The main reason is the Metro interface and the seeming desire by MS to move to one OS across all platforms. That's fine for a mobile phone or a tablet but pretty shit for power user on a PC. I also cannot understand the people who say you can remove all of that but then surely you just end up with Windows 7.
 
I was wrong, you can close metro apps on the consumer preview.

Replacing the start menu with metro is a pretty jarring move, but they've at least made it relatively quick, so it's no hindrance. I can see their thought process with this, though. It makes sense to bring the metro platform to desktops, and give desktop users access to that market. But if you simply make metro a program, it will likely go unused. So, their solution was to throw it right in your face by making it your start menu. You can't ignore your start menu. However, since the new start menu loads pretty much as fast as the old one, and searching is relatively swift and easy, the only thing that's really annoying about it is that it takes up the whole screen. Time will tell if this interface is simply too much of a change for the average consumer. Unlike Vista, the operating system is actually swift, swifter even than Windows 7 (it boots in ~10 seconds on a standard hard drive, amongst other things), and the Metro start menu as the main annoyance is not nearly as big of a deal as the barrage of popups we saw in early editions of UAC.
 
I think it's good that microsoft is trying to take a step forward, and not be beholden to basically the same gui they've had for almost 20 years. the fact that they are trying to think outside the box is commendable.

Some of the complaints I hear are very superficial, like "Waaaah no more start menu!" i mean, get the fuck over it. Even when I was using windows, I barely used the start menu, I had my most common programs on the desktop, and would only use the start menu for things that I didn't use often. On a day by day basis it wasn't used much. It's antiquated and cumbersome, especially with tons of 3rd party app launch applications like launchbar, butler, etc.

That said, I haven't really paid attention to some of the more underlying non-aesthetic concerns, so complaining may overall still be valid.

I do think they are going about the wrong way of trying to fuse their mobile platform with the desktop. You can't just erase the entire desktop experience just because people are using smart phones so much more today.

Apple has been doing the same thing, merging ios feature-ettes with osx, but I think they do a better job of it, see here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdHo3bPAGP8#t=1m56s

It's clear they are trying to integrate ios onto the desktop, with swiping through apps, having all app icons on screen, swiping for multiple desktops, stand alone appstore etc... but they don't do away with the entire desktop experience. I think that is what seems most people are complaining about with windows 8. you need a more seamless merge than basically a sledgehammer.
 
Because let's face it: the old Start menu rocks, and people really, really don't like change
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This is the take away conclusion after the entire article.

As I said, sounds like 80% of it is whining because people are being forced out of their comfort zone. Start menu is cumbersome, annoying, and not needed.
 
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