Microsoft Says You’re Getting Used to Windows 8

Microsoft Has Been Watching, and It Says You’re Getting Used to Windows 8

Despite some of the more scathing reviews of Windows 8, ordinary users are getting along with it just fine, according to Julie Larson-Green, the Microsoft executive who leads Windows product development. Data collected automatically from some Windows users, she says, show they are adjusting to some of the new operating system’s controversial features without problems.

“So far we’re seeing very encouraging things,” Larson-Green says of the large volume of data that Microsoft receives every day from people using Windows 8 who have chosen to join the company’s “customer experience improvement program.” All users are invited to enroll in that program when they first log into the new operating system. If they do so, anonymized information about how they are using the operating system is sent to Microsoft. Referring to complaints from some quarters, Larson-Green says: “Even with the rumblings, we feel confident that it’s a moment in time more than an actual problem.”

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Yep, just like me.
After all, using Windows 8 is not hard at all, if you willing to study about the new way to use Windows.
My Dad can use Windows 8 like pie after I teach him how to use the charms bar.
 

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I got used to Windows 8 before it was cool.... :p
 

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Here we go again.

Let's take an analogy of a house.

Windows 7: Red front door (wood), cream ceilings to rooms.
Windows 8: White front door (pvc), white room ceilings.

We can liken the change in the front door to the new user interface (Metro, or whatever it is called now), and the ceiling colour change to the addition of the ribbon in Windows Explorer and other areas. Note that the rooms themselves haven't changed, and neither has Windows under the hood. It is still very much the same and, with a few exceptions, anything that could be achieved under Windows 7 can also be achieved under Windows 8.
 

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Microsoft Has Been Watching, and It Says You’re Getting Used to Windows 8

“So far we’re seeing very encouraging things,” Larson-Green says of the large volume of data that Microsoft receives every day from people using Windows 8 who have chosen to join the company’s “customer experience improvement program.” All users are invited to enroll in that program when they first log into the new operating system. If they do so, anonymized information about how they are using the operating system is sent to Microsoft. Referring to complaints from some quarters, Larson-Green says: “Even with the rumblings, we feel confident that it’s a moment in time more than an actual problem.”

I can't think of a worse population of users to draw inferences from. It explains a lot.
 

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It took a little while but, I got use to it.

There are some good points in the article, a lot of people are moving to, or want to move to tablets as a secondary or primary device. These people will adjust quickly as this is the direction they want to move toward.
For the people apposed to this direction, some will adjust over time and others won't. This is mostly true with a new OS release.
The people that don't find it appropriate for their usage can try to change it so it is or, find an OS that is to there liking.
 

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Hi there

Ms reminds me of THIS :

.............."You WILL Comply. ..You Will be absorbed ...... Resistance is FUTILE".......

SevenofNine in Star trek Voyager. Her Photo is at bottom of the Post -- she was by far and away the best looking woman in the whole series (and a lot of other TV shows too).


W8 is fine for some things but on a traditional desktop with the appications I tend to use W7 is far more "fit for purpose" IMO.

As in all thing computing YMMV however.

Tablets, mobile phones, some touch screen stuff --then W8 is OK.

cheers
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It's never going to be cool.

If it really was popular - MS wouldn't need to post PR pieces like that, trying to make out that it is.

People can get used to all kinds of things, like bad smells and traffic noise - that doesn't make them good things.

It might be ok for simple minded content consumption for those who are suffering the limitations of touch only devices.

It is poor for productive use - unergonomic, and unintuitive.

More surveiilance, less choice, and the constant attempts to push the unsuspecting into MS cloud and forthcoming subscription services.

Anybody who says that is a good thing is not to be trusted.

Those taking part in customer feedback are a self selecting group.

The data collected by Microsoft also show that people are becoming more familiar with the new features over time,

That's bloody obvious - of course they are becoming more familiar the more they use them. That doesn't make it good.


I got used to Windows 8 before it was cool.... :p
 
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I'm doing fine with Win8, but I'm using the "crutch (Classic Shell)... I'm liking it more each day but I have to "unlearn" a lot of things and get used to it.
 

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I got used to Windows 8 before it was cool.... :p

Have you actually purchased a copy, I was reading somewhere that you are just using the enterprise eval?
 

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I chose to keep “customer experience improvement program” disabled on my system, so they didn't get any of that information from me. LOL

I've been using "Metro" since the release and I'm used to it but I still don't like it much. It appears to me that it's an unfinished product that still needs a lot of work. But, I suppose MS needed to expose the Modern UI to more beta testers.
 

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of course people are getting used to it:) doesn't mean we don't want to see improvments in metro's flexibility...gimme more freeedommmm.
 

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[h=1]Microsoft Says You’re Getting Used to Windows 8[/h]LOL LOL Cnet post that there are 30 shell like programs and one has been DL half a million times since the release. I have looked at how many times Classic Shell has been DL over a million times must be something wrong with there telemetry?
 

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It's never going to be cool.

If it really was popular - MS wouldn't need to post PR pieces like that, trying to make out that it is.

People can get used to all kinds of things, like bad smells and traffic noise - that doesn't make them good things.

It might be ok for simple minded content consumption for those who are suffering the limitations of touch only devices.

It is poor for productive use - unergonomic, and unintuitive.

More surveiilance, less choice, and the constant attempts to push the unsuspecting into MS cloud and forthcoming subscription services.

Anybody who says that is a good thing is not to be trusted.

Those taking part in customer feedback are a self selecting group.

The data collected by Microsoft also show that people are becoming more familiar with the new features over time,

That's bloody obvious - of course they are becoming more familiar the more they use them. That doesn't make it good.


I got used to Windows 8 before it was cool.... :p
So if we follow that logic, Office 2007, 2010, and 2013 are crap to use, even though they have Ribbon UI that many people said was crap to and later learned how to use it?
 

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Microsoft Says You’re Getting Used to Windows 8

LOL LOL Cnet post that there are 30 shell like programs and one has been DL half a million times since the release. I have looked at how many times Classic Shell has been DL over a million times must be something wrong with there telemetry?

that doesn't mean they are using it, it could also have been downloaded multiple times by the same person.

some could have Dl and tried it out.
some could be using it as a comfort zone just in case they don't get a handle on metro at the start.

so many reasons that can be given to say that figure means nothing.

but hey people have always used apps to change their user experience....using classic shell is no different to the last 20 years of windows use.
 

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Microsoft Says You’re Getting Used to Windows 8

LOL LOL Cnet post that there are 30 shell like programs and one has been DL half a million times since the release. I have looked at how many times Classic Shell has been DL over a million times must be something wrong with there telemetry?

that doesn't mean they are using it, it could also have been downloaded multiple times by the same person.

some could have Dl and tried it out.
some could be using it as a comfort zone just in case they don't get a handle on metro at the start.

so many reasons that can be given to say that figure means nothing.

but hey people have always used apps to change their user experience....using classic shell is no different to the last 20 years of windows use.

The same logic applies to Windows 8 also. I also read somewhere that in the same time period after release Windows 7 was 2x users on the net than Windows 8.
 

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I use Windows 8 on both my PCs and my laptop now. I'm even considering using it at work. I use Start8 with it so I skip the start screen altogether and work solely on the desktop. My dad saw me running my laptop and asked about it. He liked it so he upgraded his laptop. My dad is not a tech guy. He would be what you would call a "regular user" He was able to upgrade without incident and loves Windows 8. I offered him a way to skip the start screen but he didn't want to. He loves it.
 

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that's the thing, give people enough time and information on the start screen and they end up liking it, just like your dad tw33k.

Labeeman there is a simple reason for the user disparity...windows 7 is simply that good an os that many won't upgrade when they don't need to, given that those that went to 7 were coming from either xp(dated) or vista(a bad reputation) windows 8 doesn't offer as a big an improvment over 7 for those users to change.

not to mention that windows 7 will be getting the direct x 11.1 update there is even less reason to upgrade for some users that would have needed that or wanted it.

now tell me again why the sales figures mean something?

your logic is people aren't buying this years model of car because it's not as good as last years model, when in actual fact there is little reason for them to change.

edit: i'm currently using both, i have both windows 8 pro installed and windows 7 pro, i mostly use 7 while i wait for windows 8 updates to stabilse some minor aspects that aren't working right on my system.
 

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