Did you use Windows 8? If not, you'll soon get them in your face somewhere! I already sold some laptops with them on. At first they look impressive - a new concept is always interesting - but use them for a while and you get to realize that it's a semi-finished idea. What do i mean by that?
It's an operating system that's really fine for touch devices - and sure they made sure that even the blindest of users will be able to see the HUUUUGE tiles that are NOT re-sizable apart from 2 preset sizes (big and bigger). As for the tile design? deadly plain! No 3d-ish touch, no shades, no appealing animations - nothing! Like DOS ages! Plain tiles in 2013! Also, get the right-side menu up in the screen (or any other menu) and you get the 1/4th of your screen covered for just four options!
Wasted space is happening everywhere in Windows 8 and you'll feel so too if you'll use them for a while and later go back to a system running windows 7.
Also, another annoyance - let's say that i want to load device manager or something from the control panel. In windows 7 you just type "device" in search (in the start window) and there you have it! In windows 8, you type it in the search - but you have to specify "SETTINGS" to get it show up. Making life unnecessary difficult when you do lot's of settings every so and while - especially for us ITs.
Oh, Windows Aero is also gone in windows 8 (the beautiful transparent window frames with shades etc). Now, you have to stick to a solid color window frame. No option again.
The start button... why did they remove it? And why they don't give a bloody OPTION of having it back for those who need whatever it was in the panel? Why a user has to see 4 screens to see all of his applications instead?
Microsoft - for the first time in history - your interface is like shit !
Please give us the options to fix your designers "poo-poo" without having to purchase 3rd party applications (like the one that puts back the start button to it's place).
btw, can somebody enlighten me, and find me a way of creating a shortcut to an application on windows 8 desktop (not the tile desktop, the proper one) by drag-and-drop, like we could do from windows 7 start menu?
Thanks for any feedback, opinions or explanations
P.S: Internet Explorer 10 is a joke apart from being the King in wasted screen space sector.
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