Thursday, August 21, 2014

Windows 8: incomprehensible

I have my new laptop and I am regretting the need to reinstall every application, and learn the Windows 8 way of doing things.  Whoever is responsible for the Windows 8 ui deserves underwater stock options for their eff.  rts.  Anytime you devlop a product that is a successor to a wildly successful ptoduct, a change this dramatic is essentially saying, "We don't care about our existing customer base."  (Imagine if Chevrolets stopped having gas gaugues, and replaced steering wheels with tillers instead.  T IS 5HAT RADICAL.  wORSE ANY FEATURES DOM'T WORK. TIRNING ON SPPECH RECOGNITION FAILS ON GETTING THE MCRPHONe WORKING WITH MICROSOFT SOUnf 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          


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12 comments:

  1. AnarchAngelAugust 21, 2014 at 4:50 PM

    Classic Shell... it gives you back a real windows interface:

    http://www.classicshell.net/

    It's not perfect, but it's MUCH better.

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  2. Clayton CramerAugust 21, 2014 at 5:59 PM

    UNFORTUNATELT, THAT WON;T DOWNLOAD INTO W8

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  3. AnarchAngelAugust 21, 2014 at 6:54 PM

    I'm running every windows 8 machine I own with it right now.

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  4. Clayton CramerAugust 21, 2014 at 7:04 PM

    something has gone wrong with classicshell's download script then.
    C:Users




























    c:Isers\clayton\AppData\AppData\Local\Temp\aMQn4i5W.exe.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.









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  5. Larry SheldonAugust 21, 2014 at 7:11 PM

    The extreme lower left corner of the screen and the right mouse button are your friends.

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  6. Larry SheldonAugust 21, 2014 at 7:14 PM

    The "windows" key and the "Start" page can be useful--just start typing and it goes into a search mode and points to winners on-machine and off.

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  7. Jerry The GeekAugust 21, 2014 at 7:22 PM

    When I bought my first laptop, it came loaded with VISTA --- YECH!

    I feel your pain.

    After the first day, I went out and bought XP and had a geekier-than-me friend load it. Worked fine.

    Early this summer I bought a new laptop ... with Windows 8. So I downloaded Windows 7 and replaced it. Took me about 20 minutes.

    You know, Windows 7 is still available ...

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  8. lee n. fieldAugust 21, 2014 at 8:19 PM

    Win 8 is of de debbil.

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  9. rclarkAugust 21, 2014 at 9:17 PM

    I just bought my first Windows 8 machine, and I agree that it is a confusing mess for Windows 7 users.

    I found an ebook that was pretty helpful it helping me map what I know to how Windows 8 wants to do things.

    I thought it was $2 well spent. See:

    http://windows81book.com/about/

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  10. Doug KlassenAugust 22, 2014 at 3:57 AM

    Classic Shell is the way to go. I've installed it on three Win8 machines now.

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  11. BradleyAugust 22, 2014 at 11:13 AM

    I have W8 on a new Dell and have found it to be a baffling mess, designed with arrogant disregard for long-ingrained patterns of use.

    Someone who I know bought a recent machine, and was so disgusted with W8 that they returned the machine, swore off Windows entirely, and bought a Mac.

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  12. Clayton CramerAugust 22, 2014 at 6:07 PM

    Bradley: You are giving me idas.

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