On 01/20/2014 10:45 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
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I think they are different situations. Complaining about politicians is
something everyone does. Everyone thinks they can do better but when
faced with the exact same scenario, they're a lot more clueless than
whoever they elected or would do the exact same thing. In the case of
deciding how Windows 8 should operate, had Microsoft opted to have
beta-testers and listened to their advice, there is no way they would
have shipped the operating system the way they did. I think they sold
the product for 39,99$ for a time because they KNEW that a lot of people
were going to be upset with the drastic changes. I know I was happy I
hadn't paid more than 40$. Beta-testers would have insisted on what I
proposed earlier with the selection of interfaces or at the very least
forced the developers to release something closer to 8.1.


I downloaded and installed the evaluation version of Win8.
I did not like the interface but there was a very simple hack to give
the Win7 GUI.

Had I been a Beta tester I would have told MS to have the user make the
decision when they got their new computer and registered it with their name.

Such as:

Windows has detected that you are using a standard monitor. Would you
like to use the Classic interface?



Something like that and with one easy to find button to toggle back and
forth if desired.


Let the user decide what they want rather than force a decision.