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    • IRJI
      IRJ
      last edited by IRJ

      I prefer windows 8.1 over any other windows interface. I thought that search feature worked well, and your desktop was less crowded if you took the time to configure the metro interface correctly..... ducks behind a corner....

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      • momurdaM
        momurda @IRJ
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        @irj said in Windows NT Release History:

        I prefer windows 8.1 over any other windows interface. I thought that search feature worked well, and your desktop was less crowded if you took the time to configure the metro interface correctly..... ducks behind a corner....

        No, every word you just said is wrong.
        Full screen start button screen is the worst idea in the history of computer interfaces. It still infuriates me every time im forced to use 2012 or 8.1

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @momurda
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          @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

          @irj said in Windows NT Release History:

          I prefer windows 8.1 over any other windows interface. I thought that search feature worked well, and your desktop was less crowded if you took the time to configure the metro interface correctly..... ducks behind a corner....

          No, every word you just said is wrong.
          Full screen start button screen is the worst idea in the history of computer interfaces. It still infuriates me every time im forced to use 2012 or 8.1

          It shows a basic misunderstanding of psychology. It triggers what is known as the "doorway problem". It makes the system jarring, confusing, and makes it very easy to forget what you were doing or take longer to do things. It also wreaks havoc with remote access.

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          • momurdaM
            momurda @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              The Doorway Effect is well known and studied. It's basic psychology and super basic GUI design. That MS got this wrong is.... unthinkable. To the point that one has to wonder if making the system less usable wasn't the goal. How could MS have known so little about psychology and GUIs to not have done this intentionally?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @momurda
                last edited by

                @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                That, too. Everything was so painfully inefficient.

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @momurda
                  last edited by JaredBusch

                  @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                  @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                  Nope.
                  Right click on the Start button. It is right there.

                  Edit: Logoff was not on the start button until Server 2012 R2 and Windows 10. But shutdown and reboot always were.

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite @momurda
                    last edited by black3dynamite

                    @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                    @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                    It's been a while but didn't Windows key + x options like shutdown? Plus you can always do ctrl+alt+delete. Yes, I'm a fan of using a keyboard/commands to get around Windows.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @black3dynamite
                      last edited by JaredBusch

                      @black3dynamite said in Windows NT Release History:

                      @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                      @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                      It's been a while but didn't Windows key + x options like shutdown? Plus you can always do ctrl+alt+delete. Yes, I'm a fan of using a keyboard/commands to get around Windows.

                      Even without that, the GUI had built in quick ways. People just like to bitch.

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                      • KellyK
                        Kelly @JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        @jaredbusch said in Windows NT Release History:

                        @black3dynamite said in Windows NT Release History:

                        @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                        @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                        It's been a while but didn't Windows key + x options like shutdown? Plus you can always do ctrl+alt+delete. Yes, I'm a fan of using a keyboard/commands to get around Windows.

                        Even without that, the GUI had built in quick ways. People just like to bitch.

                        8, on release, without a touchscreen, was difficult to locate, and did take a number of actions to get to. They did address it pretty quickly though, and it wasn't that hard in 8.1.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @Kelly
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                          @kelly said in Windows NT Release History:

                          @jaredbusch said in Windows NT Release History:

                          @black3dynamite said in Windows NT Release History:

                          @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                          @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                          It's been a while but didn't Windows key + x options like shutdown? Plus you can always do ctrl+alt+delete. Yes, I'm a fan of using a keyboard/commands to get around Windows.

                          Even without that, the GUI had built in quick ways. People just like to bitch.

                          8, on release, without a touchscreen, was difficult to locate, and did take a number of actions to get to. They did address it pretty quickly though, and it wasn't that hard in 8.1.

                          It sucked to mouse over to get the fly out start button, true, but the actions were always there.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            @jaredbusch said in Windows NT Release History:

                            @kelly said in Windows NT Release History:

                            @jaredbusch said in Windows NT Release History:

                            @black3dynamite said in Windows NT Release History:

                            @momurda said in Windows NT Release History:

                            @scottalanmiller Ah yes i forgot about the 8 clicks to get to Shutdown or Restart on 8/8.1.

                            It's been a while but didn't Windows key + x options like shutdown? Plus you can always do ctrl+alt+delete. Yes, I'm a fan of using a keyboard/commands to get around Windows.

                            Even without that, the GUI had built in quick ways. People just like to bitch.

                            8, on release, without a touchscreen, was difficult to locate, and did take a number of actions to get to. They did address it pretty quickly though, and it wasn't that hard in 8.1.

                            It sucked to mouse over to get the fly out start button, true, but the actions were always there.

                            Especially when it was just a few pixels big.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Updated with 1809

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                Updated with 1903

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