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I only use W8 on the desktop, but how does Metro bleed into the desktop experience? The only part of it I ever see is the start screen, which is great

wvenable 12y ago
The charms bar, hot corners, the Wifi setup panel, the login screen, the start screen, the associated app selector, the metro apps with associations to common file types, etc. I've personally turned off most of it and replaced the start menu with ClassicShell but it took a while. It's a pretty nice OS if you can completely hide metro.
- ubercow13 12y ago
  Ah you're right I forgot about the metro app association dialog, that is really jarring
- zamalek 12y ago
  > hot corners I hate that too. Disabled it. That's my opinion of the feature. However, that in addition to: > charms bar (Which I never use) is technically good UX design. Corners are super easy to position your mouse in. 100 out of 100 times you try and put your mouse cursor into the corner you will achieve that without fail. Both corner gestures (really hate them) and charms bar use that extensively. > Wifi setup panel, login screen Never had a problem with these, they do the job just fine. Just different. The Wifi panel is actually great UX because the process of setting up Wifi does not bounce all over the screen (as it did previously). > start screen Fitt's Law, look it up. If you don't like using the mouse you don't even have click anyway. WINKEY -> N -> O -> T, oh, notepad is up, ENTER. Done. Windows 8 taught me to let go of my mouse.
  - wvenable 12y ago
    > (Which I never use) is technically good UX design. Corners are super easy to position your mouse in. I have 2 24" monitors, 3840x1080 pixels. The corners are actually pretty far from where ever my mouse is right now, and not all that easy to hit on purpose. Accidentally, all the time. With a touchpad it's even worse -- they were always being activated when I didn't want them to be. And there is literally nothing in that bar I need to use. > The Wifi panel is actually great UX because the process of setting up Wifi does not bounce all over the screen (as it did previously). It's an overlay which means it floats over your work while you're waiting for the Wifi connection to fail. It's just entirely unnecessary UI which doesn't fit in with anything else on the desktop. > Fitt's Law, look it up. Fitt's law is frankly bullshit these days. I have way too many pixels for it to make sense and I've had 20+ years of using a mouse.

wvenable 12y ago

The charms bar, hot corners, the Wifi setup panel, the login screen, the start screen, the associated app selector, the metro apps with associations to common file types, etc. I've personally turned off most of it and replaced the start menu with ClassicShell but it took a while. It's a pretty nice OS if you can completely hide metro.

ubercow13 12y ago
Ah you're right I forgot about the metro app association dialog, that is really jarring
zamalek 12y ago
> hot corners I hate that too. Disabled it. That's my opinion of the feature. However, that in addition to: > charms bar (Which I never use) is technically good UX design. Corners are super easy to position your mouse in. 100 out of 100 times you try and put your mouse cursor into the corner you will achieve that without fail. Both corner gestures (really hate them) and charms bar use that extensively. > Wifi setup panel, login screen Never had a problem with these, they do the job just fine. Just different. The Wifi panel is actually great UX because the process of setting up Wifi does not bounce all over the screen (as it did previously). > start screen Fitt's Law, look it up. If you don't like using the mouse you don't even have click anyway. WINKEY -> N -> O -> T, oh, notepad is up, ENTER. Done. Windows 8 taught me to let go of my mouse.
- wvenable 12y ago
  > (Which I never use) is technically good UX design. Corners are super easy to position your mouse in. I have 2 24" monitors, 3840x1080 pixels. The corners are actually pretty far from where ever my mouse is right now, and not all that easy to hit on purpose. Accidentally, all the time. With a touchpad it's even worse -- they were always being activated when I didn't want them to be. And there is literally nothing in that bar I need to use. > The Wifi panel is actually great UX because the process of setting up Wifi does not bounce all over the screen (as it did previously). It's an overlay which means it floats over your work while you're waiting for the Wifi connection to fail. It's just entirely unnecessary UI which doesn't fit in with anything else on the desktop. > Fitt's Law, look it up. Fitt's law is frankly bullshit these days. I have way too many pixels for it to make sense and I've had 20+ years of using a mouse.