The people revolted and in windows 10 metro has been cast out, it is not dead but its power is diminished significantly and things are improving
Is this an actual screenshot of a running W10TP? Or just a generic stock image?
I have questions like;
1. Where is the clock that used to be in the taskbar?
2a. Are all the icons in the taskbar running programs?
2b. And if I have 5 instances of notepad running will I see 5 notepad icons?
3. Why did they switch to icons in the first place?
If the answer to question 2b. is 'yes', it seems kind of counter-productive to me. At least before you could see the name of the notepad document and wouldn't have to check each one every time you wanted to switch between them.
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what has changed since Windows XP?
Is this an actual screenshot of a running W10TP? Or just a generic stock image?
I have questions like;
1. Where is the clock that used to be in the taskbar?
2a. Are all the icons in the taskbar running programs?
2b. And if I have 5 instances of notepad running will I see 5 notepad icons?
3. Why did they switch to icons in the first place?
If the answer to question 2b. is 'yes', it seems kind of counter-productive to me. At least before you could see the name of the notepad document and wouldn't have to check each one every time you wanted to switch between them.
Have you never used Win7? It's called the superbar and it lets you launch programs and switch between them at the same time. Old buttons were faster if you use few programs, but if you open up 20 notepads and every button shows just 'not' it gets hard to find the one you want.
Thank you for the better screenshots, ArisVer & bbhaag.
I wont use W10TP, (I dont agree to their privacy statement for Windows Technical Preview). I'm going to give W10 a try when it is officially released.
I have a running Win7 box and never heard 'superbar'. My taskbar is like it was when I had XP except for the buttons dont have titles, they show up like in W10TP pics here. But I only have 1 that is there constantly (Windows Explorer), and the other side is pretty much like is always has w/clock, network, etc.
Yea, thats how it is in my Win7, but I only have Windows Explorer there. I don't need a bunch of icons cluttering up the taskbar. I only use my Win7 system for media like DVD's and recorded shows.I'm not sure about the superbar monicker but I've always equated it to the dock from OSX or Gnome 3 (I assume you've used at least Gnome 3). You can attach applications to the taskbar/dock and if the application is not open it will open when you click on it. If it is open it will show any active windows of that application.
I'm not sure about the superbar monicker but I've always equated it to the dock from OSX or Gnome 3 (I assume you've used at least Gnome 3). You can attach applications to the taskbar/dock and if the application is not open it will open when you click on it. If it is open it will show any active windows of that application.
Yea, thats how it is in my Win7, but I only have Windows Explorer there. I don't need a bunch of icons cluttering up the taskbar. I only use my Win7 system for media like DVD's and recorded shows.
I have used Gnome 3 & 4. I don't like them at all. I use KDE because it has the more classic Windows style to it.
I did have Win7 on my other laptop, and did use it daily, when I had a HDD in it.Ah, so you haven't really used win7. Guess you hate the ribbon too?
Is this an actual screenshot of a running W10TP? Or just a generic stock image?
I have questions like;
1. Where is the clock that used to be in the taskbar?
Looks like someone took that screenshot from a second monitor.
2a. Are all the icons in the taskbar running programs?
This the docking feature from Windows 7. If they are small icons, they are not running. If they are longer and outlined, they are running. You can pin programs here.
2b. And if I have 5 instances of notepad running will I see 5 notepad icons?
Depends. If can either combine them into a single icon that when you mouse over it shows 5 preview windows, or have it show 5 separate buttons in the task bar
3. Why did they switch to icons in the first place?
Don't even know what you mean here
If the answer to question 2b. is 'yes', it seems kind of counter-productive to me. At least before you could see the name of the notepad document and wouldn't have to check each one every time you wanted to switch between them.
I didn't use Vista. But I do use Win7, just not a lot as a regular computer lately.When did you last use Windows? Much of this stuff has been present since Vista or Win 7.
Metro was never as bad as people made it out to be.
Windows 8.1 was a great advancement, regardless. Some very selective histories being given. I saw one mention the start menu search bar for Vista and 7, the exact functionality is also in 8.
In 8, if you actually take the 5 minutes to arrange the metro screen, which was apparently wrongly assumed by MS, it's great. I rarely have to actually drop down to the all apps section. If it's not pinned on my screen, I just start typing.
The start menu is generally slower by design. In 10, the speed may be moot since I can still pin stuff to the right side.
Obviously visuals are subjective, but I think the un-usability of metro got blown way out of proportion.
But I was also fine with Vista, since I could actually identify that OEMs were at fault for my lack of sound drivers.