I think Windows 8 is great!

banquo wrote: »

It is the worst thought out UI I've ever seen on anything ever.

"Ah sure but if you just spend ages figuring out how to use it it's grand!" <- not a sign of a product that people worked hard for the end user on.

Exactly, the fact that theres two different settings windows (control panel and setting from the Metro UI) really annoys me.

The charms window that pops up when you hover over the right side of the screen and wont go away. :mad:

Also the amount of times I've had to google "Windows 8, how to..." is rediculous. Remember having to google how to shut it down the first time I installed & there's no easy way to hibernate the PC.

Just all round general non intuitiveness!

I have no problems with Windows 8. What am I doing wrong?

I also never had problems with Windows 7 or indeed XP and I never found out what I was doing wrong! Maybe computers are not for everyone...

Not being able to sign out of the Mail app if you let someone else use it is a joke.. Skype is always fullscreen which is another stupid idea.

When you close something it brings you to the start menu instead of where you want to be on the desktop or in a folder where the rest of the files you were looking at were.

Open a PDF beside word.. nah lets make the PDF full screen only.

Lets make the touch pad do a million things that you dont want to either..

These little trivial things are what bug me about it.

My mother got a new netbook this week and I told her not to get windows 8 because she´d never get used to the features or be able to work it properly. The shop agreed and told her to get a windows 7 model.

In some respects, the biggest problem Windows 8 has is that Windows 7 was such a spectacular OS.

It will all be sorted. Later versions of 8 will offer a more seemless transition and, ultimately, Windows 9 will probably be a huge leap forward.

This is all i have to say on the matter.

A couple of points, may have been stated already.
Those that say "sure the UI needed a change" it's been around since 1992 and lots of changed since 1992"
Sure - yeah that's true but cars still come with steering wheels, brakes, indicators etc etc, the basic "UI" hasn't changed in these for good reason.
Changing the UI - albeit in a small but very very noticeable way, will and has thrown off many users - and it's not down to a "lack of intelligence" - it's down to what they know, how they go about their daily tasks. They don't want the hassle of relearning and organisations dont what the hassle of training or lost productivity.
At the very least microsoft should have but in an option for "CLASSIC" start menu. They seem to have realised this now.......after alienating their "core" business market.

As for classic start menu, isn't there a free application for that?
Available here under utilities: http://ninite.com/
No need to pay for it as far as I am aware, but perhaps I am missing something.

Now, 8 has loads of benefits, but for the vast majority of people who use it they won't even notice. What they notice is what the UI is and looks like.

While there have been mass improvements in the back end of the OS from version to version, since windows NT almost, for the vast majority of home, and indeed business users, what they do within the OS hasn't changed a whole lot. If anything they use the "OS" itself for less and less with more and more web based apps in use. People use social networking, play music and movies, stor and modify photoes, do up the odd document at home, perhaps play the odd basic game. That much hasn't really changed.

I have it and I find it grand, like a broken leg is grand; it doesn't cause too much of a problem unless you try to push it too hard.

The things about it which really annoy me are the lack of a start menu, which will cause problems when my mum has to upgrade, and the fact that if you want to connect to a network of any kind you have to fork out extra for the Pro version.

Ive actually gotten used to hot corners and stuff but still would prefer if pictures and video files opened up as new windows in the desktop view instead of metro apps, im sure Start8 or WindowsShell have stuff that does that but havent been arsed trying them out yet

My only complaints are that you have to click once after entering your password to get to the desktop, and that shutting down is awkward. Otherwise it's essentially the same as windows 7 for my uses.