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While it's technically a huge leap forward, I still just can't grok the UI. My wifes machine is on Windows 7 and it just (for whatever reason) is unusable to me

by enjo 17y ago

While it's technically a huge leap forward, I still just can't grok the UI. My wifes machine is on Windows 7 and it just (for whatever reason) is unusable to me.

j23tom 17y ago
let me guess ... you are an apple user ? ;)
rbanffy 17y ago
Same here. The control panel is absolutely baffling. I never know where a given feature is hidden. I've been a Linux user - from XP to Red Hat to Debian to Ubuntu - for a while now and every time I have to do something more complicated or unexpected on Windows, I waste an unpredictable amount of time. It's not user-friendly, unless you choose your users with great care. There are reasons to run Windows: Office (mostly specialized Excel plug-ins), Visual Studio (if you develop for Windows, it's not like you could get away running something else), games and specific hardware support, but, apart from that, I can't imagine why I would want to use it. Just last night I was on my company-issued laptop, wondering why I could view pictures I took with my phone, but not drag them to a folder on the desktop. I had to e-mail a couple of them and spent a good 15 minutes trying to figure out a way not to copy them one by one, something that, oddly, I could do. For me, the most effective setup is a Linux (or other Unix-ish OS) with Windows on a VM for the Windows-specific stuff. And for games that won't run well on a VM, there is always the Playstation.
- mistermann 17y ago
  When you're in control panel, in the upper right hand corner, start typing what you're looking for and it will ajaxy filter down to what you're looking for. This is such a useful feature that they should have delivered years ago, and they should make this WAY more obvious in the UI, as I doubt most people realize this. You can often find what you are looking for just by doing the same from the start menu now rather than going into control panel. As for your photos issue, if they were still physically on your phone, I suspect this would be caused by your phone not properly supporting some standard interface, but that's just a guess.
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    > As for your photos issue, if they were still physically on your phone, I suspect this would be caused by your phone not properly supporting some standard interface, but that's just a guess. Works flawlessly on Ubuntu... In fact, that's simple enough I would never suspect Windows would fail me on that.

by enjo 17y ago

While it's technically a huge leap forward, I still just can't grok the UI. My wifes machine is on Windows 7 and it just (for whatever reason) is unusable to me.

j23tom 17y ago

let me guess ... you are an apple user ? ;)

rbanffy 17y ago

Same here. The control panel is absolutely baffling. I never know where a given feature is hidden. I've been a Linux user - from XP to Red Hat to Debian to Ubuntu - for a while now and every time I have to do something more complicated or unexpected on Windows, I waste an unpredictable amount of time. It's not user-friendly, unless you choose your users with great care. There are reasons to run Windows: Office (mostly specialized Excel plug-ins), Visual Studio (if you develop for Windows, it's not like you could get away running something else), games and specific hardware support, but, apart from that, I can't imagine why I would want to use it. Just last night I was on my company-issued laptop, wondering why I could view pictures I took with my phone, but not drag them to a folder on the desktop. I had to e-mail a couple of them and spent a good 15 minutes trying to figure out a way not to copy them one by one, something that, oddly, I could do. For me, the most effective setup is a Linux (or other Unix-ish OS) with Windows on a VM for the Windows-specific stuff. And for games that won't run well on a VM, there is always the Playstation.

mistermann 17y ago
When you're in control panel, in the upper right hand corner, start typing what you're looking for and it will ajaxy filter down to what you're looking for. This is such a useful feature that they should have delivered years ago, and they should make this WAY more obvious in the UI, as I doubt most people realize this. You can often find what you are looking for just by doing the same from the start menu now rather than going into control panel. As for your photos issue, if they were still physically on your phone, I suspect this would be caused by your phone not properly supporting some standard interface, but that's just a guess.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  > As for your photos issue, if they were still physically on your phone, I suspect this would be caused by your phone not properly supporting some standard interface, but that's just a guess. Works flawlessly on Ubuntu... In fact, that's simple enough I would never suspect Windows would fail me on that.