Windows 8

[Risen Star]

Yeah, you can one click from the tiles for desktop view.

I hated it at first, but once you get the layout and how everything works it isn't a big deal.

 

[Dallas]

Desktop view and my desktop view are different. Getting Win8 to basically appear and function like Wins7 w/ start menu etc is what I was refering to.

Saying that. I will not be upgrading to Win8 anytime soon.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Desktop view and my desktop view are different. Getting Win8 to basically appear and function like Wins7 w/ start menu etc is what I was refering to.

Saying that. I will not be upgrading to Win8 anytime soon.

I am still stuck with Winxp.

We have a few computers at work with Win7 and they seem to be ok but I am so used to the old system that some of the simplest things seem to be a pain in the but to do in Win7 (mostly network stuff).

But at least none of it is as bad as Windows ME or Windows Vista was with network stuff...I think WinME was the worst.

 

[Rack]

I think you missed his point (I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with him, just pointing this out). He was complaining that Windows 8 was not intuitive. I have had both non-tech and tech friends tell me the same thing including a tech friend who is a huge Microsoft fan.

That said, the one thing I wonder is if Windows 8 is confusing and not intuitive due to poor UI/UX design or are users of previous Windows iterations simply locked into doing things a certain way and even when trying to use/learn Windows 8 they are still using the logic and thought process etched into their minds by those older Windows releases?

/reality

Yep, good points. I think maybe the reason it isn't frustrating me is cuz I don't really use "all" the functions. But even the stuff I do use, it annoyed me till I figured it out. Now it's no big deal.

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Pretenders bust me up. You cannot 1 click to desktop view.

How are you disabling "metro" with 1 button click?

Yes you can. Sort of. But not really.

I only messed with windows 8 once.

My wife's friend had a laptop with win7 on it and bought a copy of win8. She had trouble installing it so I did it for her.

Had to uninstall a program or two before win 8 would install.

After that it installed without a problem.

Once the tiles came up I clicked ONCE on the tile that said Desktop and it took me straight to the desktop view.

The version she bought was the home and not the pro (I guess they still have a Pro version like others did).

So I don't know if the Pro version is different but you can indeed click once to go to desktop view. However beyond that I don't have a clue as I just looked at a couple of things and then turned the computer off so the wife could take it to her friend.

Yeah that's how I use it. Though I'm starting to use that view less and less.

Yeah, you can one click from the tiles for desktop view.

I hated it at first, but once you get the layout and how everything works it isn't a big deal.

Desktop view and my desktop view are different. Getting Win8 to basically appear and function like Wins7 w/ start menu etc is what I was refering to.

Saying that. I will not be upgrading to Win8 anytime soon.

Very true. Yeah you get desktop view, but no start button (which I always hated anyway).

I dunno, the more I use it the more I like it.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I think what he was communicating is the "box thing" is not needed because we had the start button that worked perfectly of decades.

After watching that video, I won't touch Win 8 with a ten foot pole, ever.

Yeah the box thingy is a "touchy / feely" situation :laugh2: