Doing a poll to see who's happy with Metro on Windows 8 Desktops.
Some people aren't, some are. Just want to see the numbers.
Some people aren't, some are. Just want to see the numbers.
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I don't understand the purpose of Metro at all.
Why didn't they just make it a desktop integration/modification that displays fancy icons and widgets? What's the point of running it on TOP of an existing desktop and applications?
It's clear that its solely aimed at mobile devices and serves little purpose in a desktop environment.
If it was possible to completely disable and remove it, I would.
Metro is an entirely new operating system. It runs side-by-side with the old Windows. It's not just some simple API they added on to things. This is the first step in migrating the application base to the new platform that will work across different CPU's and architectures (Phone, Tablet, and PC).
I really don't understand the "I want to get rid of it" mentality. If you don't use any metro apps, you never have to use Metro. But it's there if you want it. It's completely out of the way and won't interfere with you or anything if you don't want to use it.
My complaints and unhappiness do NOT stem from the fact that it's not the same and I cannot get used to it.The problem most people have is that it's not the same as they are used to, so they conclude that it's not aimed at desktops because, in their mind, the old UI is the only way a desktop can work. That's simply not the case. I have asked this question of a lot of people, and nobody can ever give me a straight answer about how the UI is so unusable on a desktop. They always talk about how it's not usable with a keyboard and mouse, which is totally false. it's very usable with a keyboard and mouse.
Why look at something and have it be presented if you don't ever use it? Have you ever deleted an icon from the desktop that an application put there after installation? Why not just leave it there, why do you want to get rid of it?I really don't understand the "I want to get rid of it" mentality. If you don't use any metro apps, you never have to use Metro. But it's there if you want it. It's completely out of the way and won't interfere with you or anything if you don't want to use it.
No matter exactly what it is, it's the reason that I don't buy and run Windows 8 on my own personal computers and likely won't use it on work computers either.aIf you don't like the new start menu, that's fine. But the start menu is *NOT* metro. It's a Win32 app that has been styled to look like Metro.
Straight answer: It's not unusable, I just don't want to use it this way.
Specific reasons: Every application that I run and depend upon is a classic desktop app. This is not going to change any time soon.
To go to the Start Screen, means my "entire" freaking desktop goes away (on a single monitor setup) while I am whisked over to the new start menu to find another application to run. When this happens, I lose my visual on Outlook, my Microsoft Lync messenger and anything else running on my "classic desktop". If I get distracted or fire up a full screen metro app and instant messages come into Microsoft Lync, I have no visibility that I am getting a message. And on my work machine, I don't have speakers, so I don't hear the audible sounds.
Metro apps are useless to me. I have large monitors and want multiple things open at the same time. I don't want one taking up 320px of my display and the other taking the rest of the screen. I WANT to resize windows to whatever size works best for me, not the half baked 2 metro apps per screen concept we have.
When my screen is locked at work, I don't want people seeing anything from my system. Yet, if I choose to use a Metro app (which I probably won't, but if I did), with notifications turned on, an email which arrives pops up on the damn screen and you can more or less read the subject and the first line or so of the message. This could be an issue depending upon the content of the message.
Live tiles "annoy" the crap out of me. They all end up looking the same and I have a hard time differentiating which are which. My People app sometimes displays pictures from facebook, my news app shows pictures and my Photos apps shows pictures..so they all more or less end up looking the same to me.
Hot corners are a pain in the ass with multiple monitors. Sometimes you go for the charms bar and you end up on the second display. Sure, I can use the Win+C keyboard shortcut, but if my hands are already on the mouse than maybe I would rather use the mouse.
I really don't understand the "I want to get rid of it" mentality. If you don't use any metro apps, you never have to use Metro. But it's there if you want it. It's completely out of the way and won't interfere with you or anything if you don't want to use it.
Why look at something and have it be presented if you don't ever use it? Have you ever deleted an icon from the desktop that an application put there after installation? Why not just leave it there, why do you want to get rid of it?
I just wish that they would have included an "option" to boot directly to the "classic desktop" and turn on a start menu from the classic desktop. Give me option to make the "Start Screen" an icon on my "classic desktop" and then i can click on it in the rare event that I want to ever use it. Actually make it optional, rather than forced and have to workaround it.
No matter exactly what it is, it's the reason that I don't buy and run Windows 8 on my own personal computers and likely won't use it on work computers either.aIf you don't like the new start menu, that's fine. But the start menu is *NOT* metro. It's a Win32 app that has been styled to look like Metro.
...So that poeple can open the application they familiar with on any of their deice. Cool! Except that MS takes the wrong road to do so.Mystere said:This is the first step in migrating the application base to the new platform that will work across different CPU's and architectures (Phone, Tablet, and PC).
Maybe it's not the only way, but the old UI (I understand by this the Desktop) is the most efficient one and MS is not going to reinvent the wheel. Cars are driven with the same type of steering wheel for roughly 100 years and nobody has ever find anything better. Expect the same with computers. I'll bet you money that in 100 years we will still be using Windows as we know it today because that's the most efficient way to drive a computer. Touch screens come where they are relevant. Just like game consoles. You don't typewrite a document in Word with a game command. Do you?Mystere said:The problem most people have is that it's not the same as they are used to, so they conclude that it's not aimed at desktops because, in their mind, the old UI is the only way a desktop can work. That's simply not the case.
And why do we need this? Why not make the apps Windows compatible? Why Metro-only apps? Why a separate workspace? Why a separate workspace subsystem? Why an UI in the UI? Didn't we have DOS for the same effect? Weren't we happy when finaly all DOS apps were replaced by Windows apps? Why returning the DOS look-alike model 20 years later?Mystere said:Those apps won't come out if you don't use it. Microsoft has to start somewhere to get people building the apps you may eventually want to use.