Thread: 2.0 in Windows 8

You can pin things to the task bar in Windows 8, too. For the frequently-used programs that you don't want to pin, just place in them in the first tile positions of the Start Screen. Push the Windows key, and then click what's right there in front of your face. That's no different from Windows 7, really.

Except you have to go through the start screen just to get to the destktop. I'm well aware the taskbar still exists. But it, like the desktop, is buried underneath the start screen.

Definitely think they shouldn't have made an OS that requires you to go out and make / find things to better your experience but w.e I didn't pay for my version and I love finding neat things to solve my problem.

That's part of the reason why win8 is so bad though. You shouldn't have to do any of these things, especially paying $80 or however much for an "upgrade." If its just a "new version" of an OS, you shouldn't have to relearn it if you already knew the previous version. You also shouldn't have to look to 3rd party software to fix what shouldn't have been broken in the first place.

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Except you have to go through the start screen just to get to the destktop. I'm well aware the taskbar still exists. But it, like the desktop, is buried underneath the start screen.

And it's one incredibly cumbersome click away, right after start up.

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

That's part of the reason why win8 is so bad though. You shouldn't have to do any of these things, especially paying $80 or however much for an "upgrade." If its just a "new version" of an OS, you shouldn't have to relearn it if you already knew the previous version. You also shouldn't have to look to 3rd party software to fix what shouldn't have been broken in the first place.

Really, why is people making such a big fuss about some UI changes? Relearn what, exactly? Most stuff still works the same, the biggest difference being a bigger start menu in which stuff is easier to organize and find. Or was it any easier to find stuff in the old start menu in which you'd have to go through a ton of folders and sub-folders to find stuff (or just type in the program's name, which is faster on 8)? And what 3rd party software? And to fix what, exactly? I just don't get it.

I first grabbed 8 when the DP came out. It took me 10 minutes if much to get used to the new start screen. It makes it easier to find the stuff you care about since you can just arrange it in any order you want instead of the completely arbitrary way in which it used to work before.

Also, 8 boots up in about 11 seconds with an OLD SATA HDD.