Solved Apps screen too crowded.

[davehc]

Hi Jimbo. In my case, the text at the bottom is the default - I did nothing about it!.

 

[jeffrys]

I do not even have a text at the bottom or top above the tiles.......

Jeff

 

[R0bR]

Everytime we install a program to be used on the desktop we also get icons installed on the All Apps screen. I don`t know about you but for me i don't need them there.

Icons showing up in the All Apps screen in Windows 8 is like icons showing up in the Start Menu in Windows 7 after an install so it seems rather normal. My guess is when applications are updated for Windows 8 there will be options of how you want the icons placed, just like now you get options to add icons to desktop, quicklaunch etc.

Hi there
How do you guys get the text to the BOTTOM of the tiles

That's the default for RTM.

 

[pparks1]

Looks like the jury is still out on this one. This is my "Metro". It works better for me than a cluttered legacy desktop or cramped taskbar.

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No offense intended, but I see very little difference between this and a cluttered desktop with lots of icons.

The "buttons" on the Metro screen can be moved or resized (I find those big rectangles cumbersome so I shrink them down to half-size: that is, squares).

To bad, they are only full size or half size and cannot be anything else.
g it up (unpinning things I would never use).

I just realized that another reason I like Win7 is that it remembers over time which apps I use most frequently. I just click the Start orb and there's a list of my frequently-used programs, and in some cases a "jump list" of recent documents or files that I've opened with the program. I store files in several locations depending on what I'm doing, so having the jump list remember the file name and location saves me time hunting down that document again.

Yep, I feel the same way.

 

[SIW2]

Are jump lists hiding somewhere in win8?

 

[pparks1]

^ I think they are configured in Properties for the taskbar.

 

[mdmd]

"Apps Screen too crowded"

To the thread starter:
or anyone else...
... suggest to pin what you use every day.
Unpin the rest.
Launch anything else from ALL APPS.



Jump Lists:



Minimal view:

 

[davehc]

Looks like the jury is still out on this one. This is my "Metro". It works better for me than a cluttered legacy desktop or cramped taskbar.

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No offense intended, but I see very little difference between this and a cluttered desktop with lots of icons. /QUOTE]

Exactly my point. Why moan about Metro clutter but, instead, clutter your desktop.- Why not use Metro. We are talking Windows 8 and it's features.

 

[FSeal]

Looks like the jury is still out on this one. This is my "Metro". It works better for me than a cluttered legacy desktop or cramped taskbar.

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No offense intended, but I see very little difference between this and a cluttered desktop with lots of icons. /QUOTE]

Exactly my point. Why moan about Metro clutter but, instead, clutter your desktop.- Why not use Metro. We are talking Windows 8 and it's features.

Because with windows 7 you don't NEED a cluttered desktop. And even if you do you can organise it the way YOU want, not the way Metro wants :/

The Start menu+Task bar was FAR better organised and organisable without even TOUCHING the desktop for storing icons. With metro you /automatically/ get a "cluttered desktop" whether you want it or not, forcing you to constantly clean it up after every program install

 

[mdmd]

I dare say, no one that has ever used
any version of Windows,
has had an effortless experience.

It was always necessary, in all versions,
to spend lots of time,
doing maintenance, making repairs,
upgrading, configuring, and customizing.

I have spent hundreds of hours writing batch files,
cleaning up systems, creating shortcuts,
installing addons, editing the registry,
resizing partitions, adding printers,
configuring networks, and
editing the start menu for every version
of Windows because they always became clogged with
dozens if not hundreds of useless links.

There has never been a hands off version of windows.


______
There are some blistering enraged
comments in this report that agree with
those who are annoyed by 8.

Evolving the Start menu - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

 

[FSeal]

As ususal, I think it seems easier to use and manage by people that don't really do much with their system. For those of us that really put the wear and tear on out system, Metro is just pure "in the way" every time it shows it's face. It has NO USE on any professional desktop IMHO and certainly not mine.

So it works for some people, fine, it doesn't for others.. /at all/...

The arguments for and against will go on FOREVER because both sides are right!

This is a terrible thing MS has done to our large and until recently unified community.

 

[davehc]

Hi Fseal.
No argument with your post (#29). I think my original post became obscure. I was not advocating the better use of Metro as a start screen. Only pointing out the similarity to it and a busy legacy screen.
In fact, I get the best of both worlds. I have classic installed and an organised Metro start screen. So which ever I should be in, it is there waiting.
I have, however, about 15 important program shortcuts there, (Metro and Classic, my desktop is clean),n plus a few small games as time wasters. Except to test, I rarely spend any time installing and cleaning up. If it does get out of hand,then I just reinstate my optimum image.
The picture I first showed, was for the purpose of my post. I have drastically streamlined it since then.

 

[mdmd]

Thank You FSeal.

I wish there was an option to disable the metro
so that I would not have to defend it.

I also wish there was a start menu system that was optional.

It's curious that the 8UI GUI is also part of the server edition (optional).


I suppose it is non sense to many and useless for Professionals.

The thread starter was speaking about the apps screen being too crowded.
That much, I do not understand,
because it is an easy fix,
for 8UI users.

 

[mdmd]

Curious about your spelling of organized ?

Is organise a local version?
The 8 forum spell checker > verb > organize ?
Dictionary reference is organize.

 

[SIW2]

Is organise a local version?

It's called English - z substitutions are American.

 

[HippsieGypsie]

@ FSeal

Yes, I agree 100% with you on 7, the Start Menu, and the Task Bar. No doubt it is/was a great way to organize. But -> things move forward and evolve.

I don't want to take a shot of my Start screen just yet, for I just installed 8 EE. I'm continuing to learn tiles and adding/unpinning what I want/need as I go along. And yes, it takes a bit to set up, but no more than the desktop/icon/gadgets/task bar method. We also add/omit and change things around from time to time just as we do furniture.

Can you add this to the Desktop/Start Menu/Task Bar/Gadget?.....

Live tiles that are at-a-glance informational and all in one place? Like active-scrolling unread emails -> various news/sports headlines -> weather in multiple cities -> Star Chart app info -> download notifications via the store -> personal game apps scores, just to name a few for starters. I'm sure more are being written. I think this is all being performed with less resources.

We have all this at the push of the Win key just like 7, but the advantage is that we can make this appear/disappear at a push of a key, unlike minimizing a program window while working on the desktop.

Here's a shot of my desktop. It will disappear soon. Probably by the next OS. The task bar is hidden of which there is nothing but the address bar which I added and the usual clock (which I found that one can add multiple world clocks in 8) and notifications/buttons. I found a way of pinning the Recycle Bin and shortcut icons (with shortcut keys) to the Start Screen, but they don't seem to work when I pin there and delete from desktop. I'll find a way I'm sure. Otherwise my desktop would be completely e-m-p-t-y.

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BTW, this thread is marked solved, but is it really?

 

[Fredledingue]

I wish there was an option to disable the metro so that I would not have to defend it.

...and so that I wouldn't have to bash it. LOL.

 

[R0bR]

As ususal, I think it seems easier to use and manage by people that don't really do much with their system. For those of us that really put the wear and tear on out system, Metro is just pure "in the way" every time it shows it's face. It has NO USE on any professional desktop IMHO and certainly not mine.

Just because you struggle with it don't assume that those of us that use it on a professional desktop do as well.

 

[FSeal]

As ususal, I think it seems easier to use and manage by people that don't really do much with their system. For those of us that really put the wear and tear on out system, Metro is just pure "in the way" every time it shows it's face. It has NO USE on any professional desktop IMHO and certainly not mine.

Just because you struggle with it don't assume that those of us that use it on a professional desktop do as well.

Really? Do you open 5-10 windows at once on your desktop at all times, needing to monitor several at once wile working on code in others across multiple monitors like millions of coders, website creaters, admins and other content creators do? Can you please tell me how Metro makes /any/ of that easier or how Metro apps would NOT make all of that harder with their incredibly limited screen usage options?

 

[pparks1]

Exactly my point. Why moan about Metro clutter but, instead, clutter your desktop.- Why not use Metro. We are talking Windows 8 and it's features.

In a very short amount of time, I've found that installing apps on Windows 8 creates tons of tiles. Installing apps on windows 7 creates a bunch of start menu entries (which I don't really have to see so that is no concern to me) and it also creates some desktop items. So, I find that there is far less clutter and less things to clean up on the desktop of Windows 7 than I have to clean up with Metro.

I personally dislike programs that DO NOT create a program group under previous versions of Windows, but simply drop the application on the root of the Programs list. I never seem to be able to find them there. I feel this is exactly what I get with Metro. So instead of working out of the box for me, I have to spend my time organizing, sorting and arranging to make it useful. This is time that I would rather spend doing other things.