If you're resigned to typing out executable names, then you don't need a gui or menu at all, fullscreen or otherwise, ergo metro is useless
If you want to start programs with out extra keyboard/mouse/(touchscreen) context switching, a little menu in the corner is far better than a fullscreen context interrupting scrolling pile of crap, ergo metro is useless.
It's meant for a touchscreen! Stop making excuses for it!
Why should I have to hack around such a big obstruction? This isn't the same as having a few unwanted icons on the desktop.. It's obvious that explorer shell is being phased out.. Your solutions don't address the obvious trends here and the trouble they're causing.
metro is not better than a simple menu. that is all. no one asked for a full screen start menu. it's nice for stunted devices like tablets, but not for a place where real work gets done.
Then I guess all of them are still stuck in the 90s... There are plenty of instances in every os where regular users have to go to a terminal to fix stuff.
you're forgetting one part: the content that is consumed by these masses of tards needs to be created somewhere.. the traditional desktop is just fine for consumption as well..
because wine is a buggy turd a lot of the time.. it's fine with simple windows applications and games that stick to d3d/ogl and basic win32, but applications that tie into a lot of windows subsystems almost never work.
People will, when their issues with metro are addressed.. ie banish it to tablets where it belongs or add a switch in the control panel so those masochists who like convoluted interfaces can turn it back on. It doesn't matter how nice the desktop is if metro gets in the way every time you want to start a program.
You might use one application at a time, but most people using desktops do not. They also don't need huge fullscreen scrolling menus with gigantic icons on them. There is a place for this stuff. It's called the "accessibility" control panel. Now, can I have my desktop back please? (without stupid hacks)
because the macbooks are also shitty asian products...they're just overpriced.. someone willing to pay for a nice screen expects things besides high resolutions, like color accuracy, low (or no) latency, and little to no blurring. the macbook pro screen sucks in these areas.
oh goody.. I can't wait to get into the habit of storing my data on other people's machines so they can have a look-see whenever they like..and the 'convenience' of having to have a net connection in order to access my files, now that is totally awesome!
The only thing nice about the machine is the screen at least on paper.. the rest is crap.
at that resolution, it would be nice to have something beefier than intel graphics.. If all you need is office and a browser, you don't need a 2560x1700 display.
1. starting a program should not be a fullscreen interruption that requires you to navigate a scrolling panel of oversized tiles. this is not better than a little menu that offers easy access to links. 2. search boxes do not make up for shitty gui layouts. in fact they're crutches for bad layouts. a lot of people around here seem to think they excuse shitty guis, but they don't. search boxes that let users 'guess the command you want' are not as efficient and far more stressful than a simple, well laid out GUI...or command prompt for that matter.
yeah, because having to take your hand off the mouse constantly to use a stupid search box is much faster than a quick hotkey combo. For those of us who know how to use hotkeys, they're much faster than search boxes or idiotic fisher price full screen menus. Having the search box at all is a concession that your gui sucks because the whole point is to NOT have to type much or guess at what you're looking for. If you're going to add search boxes to every window, then just give me a full fledged command prompt back again.
Well, the only fault I can find with the conference administration is that they sided with her petulant whining. They should've told her to deal or move. That's what they would've told those guys if they were the ones complaining. I don't see why they need to play the role of parent/bouncer for this obviously immature and insecure woman.
Sorry, that's just it: she shouldn't have the right to dictate others' expression, nor should she have a right to usurp the conference for the sake of her politics. If management indeed agreed with her, then it was foolish for perpetuating such behavior. That guy should not have been fired for telling a joke just because a woman didn't like it. That's just orwellian right there. The only thing missing is the mandatory treatment in room 101....and no, talking about the hypocrisy of feminism and how this woman's childish behavior perfectly fits a stereotype of feminist behavior is not 'hate.' It's justified criticism of hypocritical behavior.
Yup.. Her comment on that article is hilarious. People like this are the scourge of free expression, and freedom in general. They think everyone should comply with their personal politics (the old feminist line: make the personal, political).
Should the jokes have been made? No. Should someone have said something? Yes.
I know feminists have a strange sense of entitlement, but others are not obligated to comply with her personal politics. If I was the event manager, I'd tell her to find another place to sit or leave the conference. Why? Because that's what an 'empowered' adult should do. Only children tattle when their feelings are hurt and want authorities to defend their world view for them.
and they have no right to demand that others comply with their personal politics.
according to feminists youre right. however their battle with sexism against women doesnt seem to stop them from committing mass acts of sexist misandry, propped up by white knight manginas and, yes, bitchy, insecure women as 'social justice'.
this 'donglegate' is no different than the bratty younger sister who threatens to tattle on her older brother until he gives chase, then runs behind mommys legs and cries victim. of course, mom blames the brother. in this analogy, the mom is the state and/or society, conditioned to defend 'helpless' women from the 'evil patriarchy'.
Ah yes, the 'professional' excuse. Pretending 'professional' is some kind of objective standard when the intention is to abuse as a cop out for politically correct bullshit.
A professional is someone who is the best at what needs doing. Telling a joke does not make one less capable of talking about python, thus he is not less professional for it.
Why is it 'negative reflection'? Also ask yourself why it justifies a firing. Because some insecure brat got her panties in a wad over a joke? Is that the standard by which we're supposed to hold ourselves to now? The only reason employers respond like this is to avoid lawsuits, and that points to a much bigger part of the problem.
Why is it considered bad performance? Were they telling jokes exclusively? No, a joke was told in the process of interaction. That is not even close to the same thing.
The fact is, the joke wasn't even a personal attack, but of course, as a feminist, Richards has to get all butthurt about it because it references the word 'penis'. Passive aggressive kitty cats like her are some of the worst personality types in 'professional' circles today..far far worse for morale, productivity, and building relations at a conference than any dongle joke should be. They make the intended purpose for the event become second citizen to their personal drama-ridden politics (the old feminist line "make the personal, political" I suppose). I'm glad richards was fired for it at least.. They're usually coddled and treated as 'victims' by white knight management culture and/or the state.
To be honest, it's nice to know that these guys were actually human inside and not programmed drones. If sendgrid wanted a drone, they shouldn't have sent a human, and, instead put up a kiosk on a flatscreen. They could've have all the politically correct, whitewashed corporate media they wanted, since apparently that matters more than real content, or anything genuine these days. I suppose a kiosk wouldn't have the interactivity, but I suppose it's a matter of priorities.
Society as a whole needs to toughen up a bit so that it can better put things in perspective. I see a lot of this passive aggressive behavior in the office. It's stifling, an coupled with the threat of extreme retribution, it's its own form of social oppression.
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man you people just don't get it
If you're resigned to typing out executable names, then you don't need a gui or menu at all, fullscreen or otherwise, ergo metro is useless
If you want to start programs with out extra keyboard/mouse/(touchscreen) context switching, a little menu in the corner is far better than a fullscreen context interrupting scrolling pile of crap, ergo metro is useless.
It's meant for a touchscreen! Stop making excuses for it!
Why should I have to hack around such a big obstruction? This isn't the same as having a few unwanted icons on the desktop.. It's obvious that explorer shell is being phased out.. Your solutions don't address the obvious trends here and the trouble they're causing.
metro is not better than a simple menu. that is all. no one asked for a full screen start menu. it's nice for stunted devices like tablets, but not for a place where real work gets done.
Then I guess all of them are still stuck in the 90s... There are plenty of instances in every os where regular users have to go to a terminal to fix stuff.
you're forgetting one part: the content that is consumed by these masses of tards needs to be created somewhere.. the traditional desktop is just fine for consumption as well..
because wine is a buggy turd a lot of the time.. it's fine with simple windows applications and games that stick to d3d/ogl and basic win32, but applications that tie into a lot of windows subsystems almost never work.
People will, when their issues with metro are addressed.. ie banish it to tablets where it belongs or add a switch in the control panel so those masochists who like convoluted interfaces can turn it back on. It doesn't matter how nice the desktop is if metro gets in the way every time you want to start a program.
You might use one application at a time, but most people using desktops do not. They also don't need huge fullscreen scrolling menus with gigantic icons on them. There is a place for this stuff. It's called the "accessibility" control panel. Now, can I have my desktop back please? (without stupid hacks)
because the macbooks are also shitty asian products...they're just overpriced.. someone willing to pay for a nice screen expects things besides high resolutions, like color accuracy, low (or no) latency, and little to no blurring. the macbook pro screen sucks in these areas.
oh goody.. I can't wait to get into the habit of storing my data on other people's machines so they can have a look-see whenever they like..and the 'convenience' of having to have a net connection in order to access my files, now that is totally awesome!
The only thing nice about the machine is the screen at least on paper.. the rest is crap.
4GB of ram? 64GB ssd? that's it? yeah the screen is nice, but the rest of the machine is anemic rubbish..
at that resolution, it would be nice to have something beefier than intel graphics.. If all you need is office and a browser, you don't need a 2560x1700 display.
1. starting a program should not be a fullscreen interruption that requires you to navigate a scrolling panel of oversized tiles. this is not better than a little menu that offers easy access to links.
2. search boxes do not make up for shitty gui layouts. in fact they're crutches for bad layouts. a lot of people around here seem to think they excuse shitty guis, but they don't. search boxes that let users 'guess the command you want' are not as efficient and far more stressful than a simple, well laid out GUI...or command prompt for that matter.
That doesn't excuse metro
yeah, because having to take your hand off the mouse constantly to use a stupid search box is much faster than a quick hotkey combo. For those of us who know how to use hotkeys, they're much faster than search boxes or idiotic fisher price full screen menus. Having the search box at all is a concession that your gui sucks because the whole point is to NOT have to type much or guess at what you're looking for. If you're going to add search boxes to every window, then just give me a full fledged command prompt back again.
going from 'cheapskate' to 'insufferable snob' is not an upgrade..
Well, the only fault I can find with the conference administration is that they sided with her petulant whining. They should've told her to deal or move. That's what they would've told those guys if they were the ones complaining. I don't see why they need to play the role of parent/bouncer for this obviously immature and insecure woman.
Sorry, that's just it: she shouldn't have the right to dictate others' expression, nor should she have a right to usurp the conference for the sake of her politics. If management indeed agreed with her, then it was foolish for perpetuating such behavior. That guy should not have been fired for telling a joke just because a woman didn't like it. That's just orwellian right there. The only thing missing is the mandatory treatment in room 101. ...and no, talking about the hypocrisy of feminism and how this woman's childish behavior perfectly fits a stereotype of feminist behavior is not 'hate.' It's justified criticism of hypocritical behavior.
Yup.. Her comment on that article is hilarious. People like this are the scourge of free expression, and freedom in general. They think everyone should comply with their personal politics (the old feminist line: make the personal, political).
Should the jokes have been made? No. Should someone have said something? Yes.
I know feminists have a strange sense of entitlement, but others are not obligated to comply with her personal politics. If I was the event manager, I'd tell her to find another place to sit or leave the conference. Why? Because that's what an 'empowered' adult should do. Only children tattle when their feelings are hurt and want authorities to defend their world view for them.
and they have no right to demand that others comply with their personal politics.
according to feminists youre right. however their battle with sexism against women doesnt seem to stop them from committing mass acts of sexist misandry, propped up by white knight manginas and, yes, bitchy, insecure women as 'social justice'.
this 'donglegate' is no different than the bratty younger sister who threatens to tattle on her older brother until he gives chase, then runs behind mommys legs and cries victim. of course, mom blames the brother. in this analogy, the mom is the state and/or society, conditioned to defend 'helpless' women from the 'evil patriarchy'.
correct.. except I'm not talking about what would happen. I'm talking about what should happen.
Ah yes, the 'professional' excuse. Pretending 'professional' is some kind of objective standard when the intention is to abuse as a cop out for politically correct bullshit.
A professional is someone who is the best at what needs doing. Telling a joke does not make one less capable of talking about python, thus he is not less professional for it.
Why is it 'negative reflection'? Also ask yourself why it justifies a firing. Because some insecure brat got her panties in a wad over a joke? Is that the standard by which we're supposed to hold ourselves to now? The only reason employers respond like this is to avoid lawsuits, and that points to a much bigger part of the problem.
Why is it considered bad performance? Were they telling jokes exclusively? No, a joke was told in the process of interaction. That is not even close to the same thing.
The fact is, the joke wasn't even a personal attack, but of course, as a feminist, Richards has to get all butthurt about it because it references the word 'penis'. Passive aggressive kitty cats like her are some of the worst personality types in 'professional' circles today..far far worse for morale, productivity, and building relations at a conference than any dongle joke should be. They make the intended purpose for the event become second citizen to their personal drama-ridden politics (the old feminist line "make the personal, political" I suppose). I'm glad richards was fired for it at least.. They're usually coddled and treated as 'victims' by white knight management culture and/or the state.
To be honest, it's nice to know that these guys were actually human inside and not programmed drones. If sendgrid wanted a drone, they shouldn't have sent a human, and, instead put up a kiosk on a flatscreen. They could've have all the politically correct, whitewashed corporate media they wanted, since apparently that matters more than real content, or anything genuine these days. I suppose a kiosk wouldn't have the interactivity, but I suppose it's a matter of priorities.
Society as a whole needs to toughen up a bit so that it can better put things in perspective. I see a lot of this passive aggressive behavior in the office. It's stifling, an coupled with the threat of extreme retribution, it's its own form of social oppression.