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Or Search just doesn't return local results at all. Or the Start Menu often won't open to even get to Search :-( Even on fresh, completely updated systems I've

Or Search just doesn't return local results at all. Or the Start Menu often won't open to even get to Search :-( Even on fresh, completely updated systems I've found the Start menu is so intermittent that I'm glad I didn't sell them. The quality of Microsoft's work is called into question when the feature you're meant to "Start" with doesn't work.

Spooky23 9y ago
A lot of the start problems were due to Microsoft making the backend of the start menu system a database instead of files. There was a lot of locking issues, which broke in weird ways. My understanding is that the latest release gets rid of it.
- cm2187 9y ago
  They nevertheless shipped their core product with a completely broken core feature. I am not sold on this software as a service/the OS is in permanent beta approach. In general I have an even bigger problem with the philosophy of what an OS should do. When I switch on my computer, it's not to admire the OS, its beautiful UI, etc. It is because I want to do something, code something, watch something, read something. I live in the applications not in the OS. The OS should be effortless, surprise-less, it should hide behind and do its basic tasks well. Windows 10 is the exact opposite. It's an OS that is in your face, which interrupts you with full screen banners all the time, which reboots you all the time, which shows you ads, shows you modal pop ups to tell you to do things differently, etc. This is not what we need an OS to do.
  - Spooky23 9y ago
    I agree with you. IMO, Windows 10 is one of the worst products ever shipped. The upside is that it is driving developers and users away from the platform. Windows is a dead man walking.
contrarian_ 9y ago
The network connection side panel also seems to never open when you want it to, only to open 2 minutes later when you are watching a fullscreen video.

Spooky23 9y ago

A lot of the start problems were due to Microsoft making the backend of the start menu system a database instead of files. There was a lot of locking issues, which broke in weird ways. My understanding is that the latest release gets rid of it.

cm2187 9y ago
They nevertheless shipped their core product with a completely broken core feature. I am not sold on this software as a service/the OS is in permanent beta approach. In general I have an even bigger problem with the philosophy of what an OS should do. When I switch on my computer, it's not to admire the OS, its beautiful UI, etc. It is because I want to do something, code something, watch something, read something. I live in the applications not in the OS. The OS should be effortless, surprise-less, it should hide behind and do its basic tasks well. Windows 10 is the exact opposite. It's an OS that is in your face, which interrupts you with full screen banners all the time, which reboots you all the time, which shows you ads, shows you modal pop ups to tell you to do things differently, etc. This is not what we need an OS to do.
- Spooky23 9y ago
  I agree with you. IMO, Windows 10 is one of the worst products ever shipped. The upside is that it is driving developers and users away from the platform. Windows is a dead man walking.

contrarian_ 9y ago

The network connection side panel also seems to never open when you want it to, only to open 2 minutes later when you are watching a fullscreen video.