That example didnt quite work out for you there CBox.
My particular example was for the phones, and I don't recall my android phone telling me how to swipe down, if it does then i'll admit i was wrong.
That example didnt quite work out for you there CBox.
Of course it will. And Windows 8 will become Vista. Forgotten and irrelevant despite getting its act together after a while.
My particular example was for the phones, and I don't recall my android phone telling me how to swipe down, if it does then i'll admit i was wrong.
i installed classic start menu and all is well. i bypass metro and i get my xp/classic start menu back. couldnt be happier.
honestly, i would say that the start menu needs to be an option for those who want it back. i dont think it should be the default (so people experience metro and see what its like), but at least have the option to change it if they want.
Is it possible MS is going with a New Coke strategy here? Intentionally release an OS they know a lot of people won't like, so that people will be desperate to buy the next one? Everyone who doesn't like Windows 8 is probably going to have extra incentive to buy Windows 9, since MS has created an idea that "good" Windows could be scarce in the future.
I can just imagine Windows 10. No start menu, no taskbar, if the mouse cursor goes near any side of the screen (even while watching movies, playing games, browsing internet) you get pop up bars, searching automatically closes all your windows, and you have to draw a pentagram in the middle of the screen with the mouse cursor to summon a program.
And then Windows 11 Classic with the restored features and ability to disable the new ones you don't want... for a limited time! Buy now!
Yep. I had 0 desktop icons with Windows 7 and I have 0 with Windows 8 too. It's just a temporary dumping ground for stuff I download really.There's a reason why most people take all icons off their desktop for their widgets or wallpaper.
I don't even have the recycle bin on the desktop. I have it in the taskbar instead:
.I like it. Not many problems from me.
Haha, that seems like a long-winded way to me, but I guess it's one way to do it. I'm an obsessive recycle bin emptier, so I couldn't use that method.I don't even do that.. I just hit window key + e and type 'Recycle Bin' into the bar. :lol
The traditional desktop is ancient. We dont need that shit. There's a reason why most people take all icons off their desktop for their widgets or wallpaper.
The traditional desktop has major advantages over Metro particularly proper multitasking. And don't try and tell me the 1/4 window nonsense is multi tasking, it's not good enough. I'm running Windows 8 on 2 PCs and the only time I see Metro is on boot up when I click Desktop. Metro apps on the whole are underwhelming compared to their desktop equivalents and the whole Metro experience isn't beneficial at all with a mouse driven interface.
The traditional desktop has major advantages over Metro particularly proper multitasking. And don't try and tell me the 1/4 window nonsense is multi tasking, it's not good enough. I'm running Windows 8 on 2 PCs and the only time I see Metro is on boot up when I click Desktop. Metro apps on the whole are underwhelming compared to their desktop equivalents and the whole Metro experience isn't beneficial at all with a mouse driven interface.
You went all the way back to this ?
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The traditional desktop has major advantages over Metro particularly proper multitasking. And don't try and tell me the 1/4 window nonsense is multi tasking, it's not good enough. I'm running Windows 8 on 2 PCs and the only time I see Metro is on boot up when I click Desktop. Metro apps on the whole are underwhelming compared to their desktop equivalents and the whole Metro experience isn't beneficial at all with a mouse driven interface.
I have been using Windows 8 on a tablet PC for a month, and some of the touch gestures are simply retarded. For example, if I wish to close all my metro apps, I need to pull out the sidebar and drag each app from the top of the sidebar to the bottom one by one. That is just retarded, in portrait mode, that is a lot of motion to go through. Sometimes, it doesn't even work and I don't know why. The only other way I have found to close metro apps quickly (using touch) is to use the task manager on desktop mode, which is not even optimized for touch.
Swipe from top to bottom. You can even do it using your thumb while holding your device.
I have been using Windows 8 on a tablet PC for a month, and some of the touch gestures are simply retarded. For example, if I wish to close all my metro apps, I need to pull out the sidebar and drag each app from the top of the sidebar to the bottom one by one. That is just retarded, in portrait mode, that is a lot of motion to go through. Sometimes, it doesn't even work and I don't know why. The only other way I have found to close metro apps quickly (using touch) is to use the task manager on desktop mode, which is not even optimized for touch.
The point of metro apps is that you don't need to close them at all. They don't consume resources when they are not being used
That's exaclty what I wrote isn't it?
w8 apps suspend after a short time, no need to close them. Just hit the windows key and go back to the start screenThat's exaclty what I wrote isn't it?
You're doing it from the app bar. You can do that on the active app.
Swipe from left to switch apps to the active one. Swipe from top to bottom to close it. What you're doing instead it seems is to swipe the app from within the app bar to the bottom. Which works but is less precise.
w8 apps suspend after a short time, no need to close them. Just hit the windows key and go back to the start screen
Swipe from the top of the screen to close applications.Isn't it the same problem? To choose the app I want to close, I need to open up the side bar first isn't it?
Isn't it the same problem? To choose the app I want to close, I need to open up the side bar first isn't it?
Theynare suspended in the background. They are only woken when they receive instructions to wake up and then suspend again.Yes they do. Many of them run in the background.
You don't need to open the app bar. Just swipe from left to switch to the next app then close it. Unless you tell me you have like 10 apps on your sidebar and you need to rotate between apps to get to the one you want to close, but you shouldn't get to that stage in the first place. Just swipe to close the active app whenever you're done with it.
Yes, that is exactly what will happen. And saying that it won't happen because I can close an app after I use it is not exactly good design, which is what I am saying. The android platform has no such issue.
I can equally complain about how much more effort it takes to switch between apps on an Android tablet instead of a simple left swipe. Multitasking wise Metro is far superior.
Since I have both, I respectfully disagree. I am just going to bail out of this thread instead.
.What's to save?