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I've been running Win 8 on my home machine since it was available on MSDN. I went through the initial headache and then my old habits were replaced by new ones
by vyrotek 14y ago
I've been running Win 8 on my home machine since it was available on MSDN. I went through the initial headache and then my old habits were replaced by new ones and I was just as productive again.
But, guess what. I recently realized that the reason I have no problems with the new menu is because I've managed to completely avoid it! For a little background, I'm a C# dev so I use VS 2012. I'm also an avid gamer. But there are times where I won't open the new menu at all for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure how I feel about this...
I'm generally optimistic about things from Microsoft, but this one has me puzzled. I don't think it's a negative thing, it just feels like a feature that's sort of "just there".
Edit - As far as I understand, it is required to use Windows 8 to develop Win 8 apps. So basically its only use so far is a dev sandbox.
- rednukleus 14y agoFor the power user - Windows 7 - press start key and type the name of the program you want to start, get a list of matching apps in the bottom left corner of the screen. Windows 8 - press start key and type the name of the program you want to start, get a list of matching apps in the middle of the screen.
- tsm 14y agoWindows 7 - pin all your most common apps to the dock, and press Win-# (where # is the 1-based index of the app you want in the dock) to launch it. Windows 8 - ???
- rednukleus 14y agoExactly. If you think the Windows 8 fullscreen start menu is getting in your way, it means you haven't yet learned how to use Windows 8. For a professional user this should take a matter of days, or even hours/minutes.