...and GPs point is if they collectively listened to that kind of thing, we'd still be in DOS because OMG clicking on things is different AAAAHHH.
That is not to say that Windows 8 (metro/modern UI) is great, just that asking people what they want will always yield them asking for the same and not allow any room for innovation.
Most "Owned" Bands (i.e. on a Major Record Label) do NOT make their money on the CD Sales. They make a pittance. They make most (if not ALL their money) on tours.
Isn't that what GP is saying? Since they make the majority of money on tours, studios focus on bands who "put on a good show, but do little else"
Really? This has to be explained to you? Some of us use more than one application simultaneously, often spreading out over multiple displays. In this case, starting new programs should not be a full screen focus grab.
I asked why you would need to see the active application and the open menu at the same time and you didn't provide me a situation
Using the mouse to ponderously scroll through piles of huge tiles on a huge display is tedious compared with a little menu in the corner.
Wouldn't the fact that the smaller menu has less items visible mean even more tedious scrolling?
Now if you don't like clicking through folders, I understand, but that is more the fault of vendors who insist on adding extra layers so as to get you to see their brand name regularly.
I love the false dichotomy that the Start Menu can be organized but the Start Screen can't
A nicely laid out start menu is far superior to any other convolution anyone has come up with.
Yeah pack it up for we have reached UI Utopia, anything else is a 'convolution'. Nevermind the fact that people were saying the samethings about Windows XP's start menu when Windows 7 was in development
You're right. When I look for Photoshop to start it, it makes no sense for it to be under 'Adobe', with InDesign and Premiere. They should all just be scattered at random in a big scrolling mass of tiles.
You can put Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere under a column called 'Adobe' with the Start Screen...
Yet if they had STOPPED selling XP years prior people like you would complain they killed it too soon
Microsoft is damned if they do, damned if they don't.
Yeah I can't believe all this stupid PATRIOT ACT shit Bush is doing, I mean his administration won't last forever. I tell you what, next election I'm voting for the other party, this Obama guy promises transparency.
Canonical is forking something?? NIH syndrome! They should totally use something that already exists.
Canonical is using something that already exists? How dare they use something someone else made!
China already has moved (or is moving) to Linux with Ubuntu Kylin http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/ubuntukylin
As far as people in China still using Windows, the majority of them are pirated copies. That's why they want extended support, they won't buy Windows 8.1 or even 7 because they never bought XP in the first place.
I want no part of "Google freedom". Their self driving cars? If these are the norm, they'll know where you are - all the time - and be queriable for your violations of speed limits...
but if they're self driving cars, wouldn't it be the software that is guilty of going over the speed limit?
Clearly this is all because of {current President} and all the rest of the {President's affiliated party}. If only this were done by {opposing party to that of the President} instead none of this would have happpened!
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You're right, I don't recall anyone complaining on the Internet when Windows 3 was released in 1990...
Also, good job still missing the original point of "Windows 8 may not be better than Windows 7, but that doesn't mean nothing can be"
...and GPs point is if they collectively listened to that kind of thing, we'd still be in DOS because OMG clicking on things is different AAAAHHH.
That is not to say that Windows 8 (metro/modern UI) is great, just that asking people what they want will always yield them asking for the same and not allow any room for innovation.
Sorry, but your argument is wrong.
Most "Owned" Bands (i.e. on a Major Record Label) do NOT make their money on the CD Sales. They make a pittance. They make most (if not ALL their money) on tours.
Isn't that what GP is saying? Since they make the majority of money on tours, studios focus on bands who "put on a good show, but do little else"
Really? This has to be explained to you? Some of us use more than one application simultaneously, often spreading out over multiple displays. In this case, starting new programs should not be a full screen focus grab.
I asked why you would need to see the active application and the open menu at the same time and you didn't provide me a situation
Using the mouse to ponderously scroll through piles of huge tiles on a huge display is tedious compared with a little menu in the corner.
Wouldn't the fact that the smaller menu has less items visible mean even more tedious scrolling?
Now if you don't like clicking through folders, I understand, but that is more the fault of vendors who insist on adding extra layers so as to get you to see their brand name regularly.
I love the false dichotomy that the Start Menu can be organized but the Start Screen can't
A nicely laid out start menu is far superior to any other convolution anyone has come up with.
Yeah pack it up for we have reached UI Utopia, anything else is a 'convolution'. Nevermind the fact that people were saying the same things about Windows XP's start menu when Windows 7 was in development
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You're right. When I look for Photoshop to start it, it makes no sense for it to be under 'Adobe', with InDesign and Premiere. They should all just be scattered at random in a big scrolling mass of tiles.
You can put Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere under a column called 'Adobe' with the Start Screen...
What is wrong with the Start Screen vs Start Menu?
The Start Screen can:
Every OS has an EOL.
9 is too early to say, but 8->8.1 is a completely free upgrade.
Yet if they had STOPPED selling XP years prior people like you would complain they killed it too soon
Microsoft is damned if they do, damned if they don't.
So if Google introduced a 'one click more' way to mute a tab, that'd be fine then?
You like {thing}? Clearly you are a shill for {maker of thing}!
Yeah I can't believe all this stupid PATRIOT ACT shit Bush is doing, I mean his administration won't last forever. I tell you what, next election I'm voting for the other party, this Obama guy promises transparency.
Like those people that bought a phone that was both a Samsung and a Nexus? I'm sure those Galaxy Nexus owners are enjoying 4.4, oh wait.
Canonical is forking something?? NIH syndrome! They should totally use something that already exists.
Canonical is using something that already exists? How dare they use something someone else made!
You should write an article on it with the headline "Is Betteridge's law always true?"
China already has moved (or is moving) to Linux with Ubuntu Kylin http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/ubuntukylin As far as people in China still using Windows, the majority of them are pirated copies. That's why they want extended support, they won't buy Windows 8.1 or even 7 because they never bought XP in the first place.
Yet if they added all those features, people would complain of bloat.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
Considering a lot of the people working on Wayland are those that worked on X, I don't think NIH applies.
It may be more complex, but IT departments have had ample time to figure out said complexities. April 2014 has been known about for YEARS.
Like that card UI? They should totally get the designer that did that...
I want no part of "Google freedom". Their self driving cars? If these are the norm, they'll know where you are - all the time - and be queriable for your violations of speed limits...
but if they're self driving cars, wouldn't it be the software that is guilty of going over the speed limit?
Clearly this is all because of {current President} and all the rest of the {President's affiliated party}. If only this were done by {opposing party to that of the President} instead none of this would have happpened!
In terms of 'horsepower', phones have gotten fast enough for what the average user does.
...Canonical's culture is based almost entirely on NIH and being a leech.
Aren't those two exact opposites?
That has to do with speech recognition, something Watson (at least at the time of the Jeopardy filming) didn't have at all.