On 5/29/13 4:17 PM, AL wrote:
Ken Springer wrote:

I was playing with a big touchscreen monitor in a store today, found it
to be a general PITA, especially since I know a mouse and/or keyboard
shortcuts are far faster and more efficient.

I recently bought a new W8 touchscreen laptop. I find that I continue
to use my old ways but for perhaps a different reason than most. I
find it easier to use the mouse/keyboard shortcuts than to clean the
damn screen of fingerprints every day... :-/

there are users who find the Metro UI limiting,
cumbersome, and slow to use.

I didn't find it hard to get used to the Metro UI. But so far I don't
care much for the MS store apps I've tried. And I've found the web
versions of many to be much better. Time may change this.

I know I don't particularly care for the
Win 8 desktop options either.

Biggest desktop thing I miss is the start button. But I guess that's
everybody's complaint.

There's at least 20 different Start button replacements out there for
both Win 7 and Win 8. Not to mention the Quick Launch bar replacements.

When I get Win8 running on real hardware,
not a VM, I will search out 3rd party utilities to customize the
computer to work the way I want it to, not the way MS or Apple has set
things up.

There's lots of 3rd party stuff out there already. But I wanted to
learn to use the UI as it is for awhile. Later we'll see...

Which is why my VM installs will remain "native", the only customization
I'll have there is what's available from withing the OS itself. No 3rd
party stuff.


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Ken

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