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Fyi, Windows 8.2 is just around the corner, and is supposedly to offer greater UI options to run it a lot more like the Windows 7 / pre Metro setup, and even a bit of a morphed version where you can have the desktop setup like everyone is familiar with and then the ability to place your active tiles on the desktop. So you'll have a fully functional Start button with the old school menus and then I believe you will also be able to just start typing to pull up the meta search that shows choices along the right side of the screen.
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12-28-2013, 06:19 PM | #2 |
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8.1 seems pretty smooth with Start8, didn't like that WMC wasn't included, but JRiver more than makes up for it.
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12-28-2013, 08:06 PM | #3 |
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FYI... not sure if you've tried it....
You can do light editing of Office files on your iPad using Microsoft's Office web apps. For free. It's missing some of the really advanced editing features. But for simple stuff it works well. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
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1) Click metro button/press Windows button
2) Type in the first 1 or 2 letters of program you want 3) Click program That's more efficient than looking through any start menu.
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12-31-2013, 02:57 AM | #6 |
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Because people don't want to type.
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The Windows Start menu has all of your apps organized in alphabetical order, gives you the option to pin commonly used apps to a prominent position at the top, provides you with an easy way to find links to things such as the Control Panel, Printers, your documents, pictures, music, and a Help panel. Plus, it's a scrollable list that takes up less than a third of your screen real estate. The Metro interface was simply a lame attempt by Microsoft to make their interface mimic the interface used by the iPhone and iPad. If you truly believe your method of finding an app is better and more efficient that the Start Menu that was introduced in Windows 95 and has been tweaked and improved in every iteration of Windows prior to Windows 8, then I'm not going to waste my time debating this issue with you. It's utterly hopeless and will just wind up frustrating me and everybody else who reads this thread. The fact is that the vast majority of Windows users agree with me and disagree with you. That's why Microsoft is going to restore the actual Start menu in Windows 8.2. If you prefer to use your method, more power to you. Just don't continue to plead ignorance. Last edited by Lex Luthor; 12-31-2013 at 11:33 AM.. Reason: Typo |
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Okay, I've ****ing had it with this POS...
Just got a voicemail in .wav format. Clicked on it to play and some program played it, but... HOW THE **** DO YOU CLOSE WHATEVER PROGRAM THIS IS!!!?
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12-31-2013, 02:17 PM | #13 |
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Wow, thanks. This is really stupid.
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Something that might help people having issues with Win 8.
Go to the Metro, then the App Store and look for Windows 8 Cheat Keys. It's a free app and might help you navigate/understand the OS a little more. I think the biggest problem why people don't like Win 8 is that it is new and different from previous versions, not just in look in feel like XP was to 2000 and Vista/7 to XP, but it functions differently under the hood too. Because of this change, and little to no instructions from Microsoft, there is a huge perception that the OS is terrible, when in reality it's really stable, and faster than Win 7, one just has to learn how to use it properly. |
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