Typing the first couple of letters works well in windows 7 too ;) The problem with the new start menu is the complete lack of "My Documents". "Recent" mia. Removing the start menu button form the desktop taskbar adds nothing to the user experience, just makes the experience a little less familiar. Not having all apps appear in the taskbar makes it harder to task swap (it's like there's two taskbars instead of one) Not being able to run some apps in a window makes the Burdon on the end user to know the difference between certain kinds of apps.
|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) |Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 9:58 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Win8 Release Preview | |I'm not sure I get the yearning for a start menu. Maybe I use it differently from |others, but the metro screen lays out my commonly used apps nicely, and |anything else I need I can find just by typing the first couple of letters of its name. |The metro screen comes to the front when I hit the Windows button (like the |start menu does in 7) and all my keyboard shortcuts work (and then some). | | | |Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 |Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 |Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 . Mob +61 (416) 134 993 . Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 . |http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat <http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat> | | | |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors |Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 9:41 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview | | | |On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Bill McCarthy <bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au> |wrote: | |IMO, windows 8 is close, but it could be a lot better. I love the windows phone |like UI **concept**, and I love the idea of the similarities between the different |form factors, BUT the current release preview looks to me to be designed for |content consumption not content creation. Where, for example, is My |documents gone ? | | | |I think you're right - it is very close. The problem is that there is a lot of traditional |desktop functionality that has become a casualty of MS' iPad fear. | | | |I reckon if the start menu came back and they got rid of the need for hot spots in |the corners it could be a lot more usable. | | | |Metro vs desktop apps schism is pretty difficult to live with. | | | |-- |David Connors |da...@connors.me
