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It seems to me, on observation, that 90% of the comments, in this forum, when discussing the Metro screen, seem to lead into an argument, which leans towards comparison, of the two.
I, personally, do not see any fruitful outcome to such a comparison. It is very much a question of choice.
In the preceding OSs, there was a similar choice, but not, possibly, so dramatic. If you refer back to ancient threads, you will find countless numbers, advocating a 1. Busy taskbar, 2. A busy desktop, or, 3. Merely keeping, and using, the start menu to its full extent. Purely a matter of individual taste.
There is a minority of members here (only on this forum, to such an extent) who appear to have found difficulty in accepting the Metro start menu. Rather than setting up there Metro as they did there old desktop (#2), they prefer to argue the merits of the old method. Ditto the taskbar.
I, whenever I completed a reinstall., spent a little time in the old menu, creating folders and tucking my shortcuts into those folders. After installing all of my regular software, this could take about ten minutes. That was not a lot of valuable time for me, as it was only a once in a blue moon operation. My normal method, after my frequent experiments, was to re-establish my image, with everything intact.
I liked a clean desktop - not everyone's choice, that is apparent. Now I have the best of both worlds. I can set up my Metro, as in the old start way, and I still have a clean desktop waiting for me, with the usual choice of a couple or so icons (Recycle bin - Control panel etc..) should I prefer to go there, at the click of my mouse or one key - ditto returning to metro. My one regret, so far, is that in Metro, those folders remain open, which tends to make the Metro look cumbersome. It could be made to look visually more attractive, but as it is designed primarily for touch screens, I guess that is why MS has kept those hideously large and ugly squares - in spite of a multitude of suggestions.
I have weakened, to the extent that I have installed the "Classic" menu. This, again, gives me the choice, of, when closing an App I may be using, I can click into the old, familiar, menu, or click into the Metro screen.
I can certainly see that use of the taskbar, if that is a users choice, can be beneficial, but to me (not all, obviously) that tends to look a little cumbersome to me. For the busy desktop users, it remains their choice. But, as I said, I prefer to keep at least one, empty desktop, which I now have by default.
The endless arguments here, on the relative merits and uses of all three methods, are quite pointless and can have no satisfactory conclusion. I can see, on analysis, that it is only a handful of subscribers who are actually involved (guilty!) but, for newcomers, or those who only occasionally visit, it certainly gives an impression of a general hate session for Windows 8 - a rather remarkable impression, none the less, for a Forum which is calling itself a Windows 8 forum!
There are several other aspects of Windows 8, which seem to have slipped through the cracks, here and on other forums. Here is one of several, for example, on performance. Small improvements for the general user, but surely a move forward?
I am sure it will be of great help to all members, if the discussions start to put more emphasis on small ways , or even hacks, to improve the performance facilities and enhance the general us of Windows 8
I, personally, do not see any fruitful outcome to such a comparison. It is very much a question of choice.
In the preceding OSs, there was a similar choice, but not, possibly, so dramatic. If you refer back to ancient threads, you will find countless numbers, advocating a 1. Busy taskbar, 2. A busy desktop, or, 3. Merely keeping, and using, the start menu to its full extent. Purely a matter of individual taste.
There is a minority of members here (only on this forum, to such an extent) who appear to have found difficulty in accepting the Metro start menu. Rather than setting up there Metro as they did there old desktop (#2), they prefer to argue the merits of the old method. Ditto the taskbar.
I, whenever I completed a reinstall., spent a little time in the old menu, creating folders and tucking my shortcuts into those folders. After installing all of my regular software, this could take about ten minutes. That was not a lot of valuable time for me, as it was only a once in a blue moon operation. My normal method, after my frequent experiments, was to re-establish my image, with everything intact.
I liked a clean desktop - not everyone's choice, that is apparent. Now I have the best of both worlds. I can set up my Metro, as in the old start way, and I still have a clean desktop waiting for me, with the usual choice of a couple or so icons (Recycle bin - Control panel etc..) should I prefer to go there, at the click of my mouse or one key - ditto returning to metro. My one regret, so far, is that in Metro, those folders remain open, which tends to make the Metro look cumbersome. It could be made to look visually more attractive, but as it is designed primarily for touch screens, I guess that is why MS has kept those hideously large and ugly squares - in spite of a multitude of suggestions.
I have weakened, to the extent that I have installed the "Classic" menu. This, again, gives me the choice, of, when closing an App I may be using, I can click into the old, familiar, menu, or click into the Metro screen.
I can certainly see that use of the taskbar, if that is a users choice, can be beneficial, but to me (not all, obviously) that tends to look a little cumbersome to me. For the busy desktop users, it remains their choice. But, as I said, I prefer to keep at least one, empty desktop, which I now have by default.
The endless arguments here, on the relative merits and uses of all three methods, are quite pointless and can have no satisfactory conclusion. I can see, on analysis, that it is only a handful of subscribers who are actually involved (guilty!) but, for newcomers, or those who only occasionally visit, it certainly gives an impression of a general hate session for Windows 8 - a rather remarkable impression, none the less, for a Forum which is calling itself a Windows 8 forum!
There are several other aspects of Windows 8, which seem to have slipped through the cracks, here and on other forums. Here is one of several, for example, on performance. Small improvements for the general user, but surely a move forward?
I am sure it will be of great help to all members, if the discussions start to put more emphasis on small ways , or even hacks, to improve the performance facilities and enhance the general us of Windows 8
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