Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
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Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#2My take on Windows 8 is simple, as a desktop OS - you can't take core features and remove them without a viable alternative.
My biggest beef is the removal of the start menu and the search bar on it - I could do/find anything from there.
My other beef is that the Metro UI gives you all these "fullscreen" applications, but no way to window them. Windows provided me with a train of thought, but when you make everything fullscreen, it becomes distracting when using multiple applications routinely.
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#3My take on Windows 8 is simple, as a desktop OS - you can't take core features and remove them without a viable alternative. My biggest beef is the removal of the start menu and the search bar on it - I could do/find anything from there. My other beef is that the Metro UI gives you all these "fullscreen" applications, but no way to window them. Windows provided me with a train of thought, but when you make everything…
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Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#4Poor windows. It is damned if you do and damned if you don't. First they aren't radical enough. Now they are too radical. sigh.
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#5My take on Windows 8 is simple, as a desktop OS - you can't take core features and remove them without a viable alternative. My biggest beef is the removal of the start menu and the search bar on it - I could do/find anything from there. My other beef is that the Metro UI gives you all these "fullscreen" applications, but no way to window them. Windows provided me with a train of thought, but when you make everything…
>> "My biggest beef is the removal of the start menu and the search bar on it - I could do/find anything from there"
This is still there is a different form. WIN+F brings up the search interface in Metro (even from the desktop).
Also, you can kind of window with the snap mode (grab a metro window at the top of the screen and drag it to the side. Not ideal obviously though.
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#6Poor windows. It is damned if you do and damned if you don't. First they aren't radical enough. Now they are too radical. sigh.
Windows 7 had the perfect balance. It made significant improvements in many areas that XP was insufficient at and Vista sucked at, while keeping the fundamentals the same. Windows 8 though... I haven't used it myself, but from what I'm hearing, it sounds like it's slated to be a bigger disaster than Vista.
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#7My take on Windows 8 is simple, as a desktop OS - you can't take core features and remove them without a viable alternative. My biggest beef is the removal of the start menu and the search bar on it - I could do/find anything from there. My other beef is that the Metro UI gives you all these "fullscreen" applications, but no way to window them. Windows provided me with a train of thought, but when you make everything…
Metro is just a 2D representation of the old 1D list. All the items from the old menu are there.
Search bar? Just start typing anywhere on the Start screen. Win+Q is all programs screen + apps search, Win+F - file search, Win+W - search settings in control panel. There are also a lot more search providers to choose from.
Full screen apps? Isn't that cool you can run tablet apps on your desktop? They are not required in any sense, if you don't like them, delete them.
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#8My take on Windows 8 is simple, as a desktop OS - you can't take core features and remove them without a viable alternative. My biggest beef is the removal of the start menu and the search bar on it - I could do/find anything from there. My other beef is that the Metro UI gives you all these "fullscreen" applications, but no way to window them. Windows provided me with a train of thought, but when you make everything…
Search is still there.
Just press the windows key and start typing. It's all there, sans the textbox which tells you it's there.
Probably not the pinnacle of intuitive design, but it is there ;)
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#9Says a group of people, 20% of which, are on a 12 year old operating system. Is the problem that Windows 8 sucks or that these users are extremely adverse to change?
Re: Even Windows 8 early adopters prefer Windows 7 by two to one
#10While I happen to agree...a poll on an intranet forum is less than scientific.
Also, I don't think Windows 8 is going to work in a corporate environment. The training, etc is just going to be too costly.
Windows 7 is the next Windows XP, and that's a compliment to Windows 7.
Underneath the UI cruft of Windows 8 is a great, solid desktop just waiting to get out.