It seems that this thread has degenerated into doing exactly what the thread author has suggested we stop doing ... namely aruging the pros and cons of W8. And instead, list solutions to difficulties in W8.
He then goes on to list the way he has found solutions that satisfy him, as evidenced by the quote below. However, that simply comes across as promoting W8, by implying that everyone is happy with those solutions. Which means it's a false representation because it doesn't show the whole picture.
davehc said:
It is very much a question of choice.
There is a minority of members here ... who appear to have found difficulty in accepting the Metro start menu ...
I, whenever I completed a reinstall, spent a little time in the old menu ....
I liked a clean desktop - not everyone's choice, that is apparent. Now I have the best of both worlds ....
I have weakened, to the extent that I have installed the "Classic" menu ....
There are several other aspects of Windows 8, which seem to have slipped through the cracks ... 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.
While I agree there is no point debating our personal preferences, as SIW2 pointed out, it is necessary to make new readers/members of this forum aware that many do not accept these so called "solutions" as being solutions at all. And, to list the reasons why, so they're not lost in the antiquity of earlier posts and threads.
If we only point out the various work arounds that are acceptable to some members; and that some members' preference is to accept it as it is ... that gives a false representation of W8 as being generally accepted by this forum en masse. And that simply is not true.
Then there is the related question of registering our dissatisfaction to M$, by listing our grievances, in the hope that others who read why we're dissatisfied, will also add their voice to the protestors. And there is no way that is going to stop happening.
You might say, if we throw enough mud, hopefully some will stick. However, I think it's more accurate to say we're trying to clear away the mud of pseudo solutions, so the reasons why we are dissatisfied are clearly delineated.
But obviously this thread is not the place to do it, even though some have counter argued the authors "solutions".
If you label as "
moaning and whining", our presentation of the reasons why we don't like W8, then we certainly will go on "
moaning and whining!" I prefer to call it registering our dissatisfaction to M$ re W8, with logical reasons why in view of our preferences.