Windows 8 to get rid of Aero UI

[GreyCloud]

There is no need to delete the touch screen controls, but I think the
better idea would be to give the user the choice of Metro or Start Menu.
As it stands now, MS is pretty much forcing the issue, as the majority
of comments on Win8 have been complaints about the lack of a Start Menu.

They may yet listen, as it hasn't been set in stone yet.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

An interesting wrinkle is that they (especially webpage designers)
should be forced to use them via access software, with their monitor
taken away altogether ... I have normal sight (except I don't have the
brain pathways to make use of it being stereoscopic), but I have an
interest in access for the blind. (_Most_ things that make access for
the VH/VI easier are matters of good interface design practice anyway;
certainly the converse is true, that most things that make VH/VI access
more difficult are poor general interface design.)

I think this is the problem with many of Firefox's "improvements." Some
dev wants a feature, at the planning conference (s)he persuades the
others it's cool, and it's done (or undone if an existing feature is
judged uncool). The complaints from ordinary users are ignored, or
explained away, or (worse) "fixed" by offering workarounds. I suspect
that the proposed W8 GUI is the result of some dev's desire for a
"clean" interface.

Where the removal (or hiding) of features is concerned, it's certainly
tempting to believe that it's more sinister than just "un-coolness", i.
e. done at the behest of (or, at the very least, with the thought that
it might please) the major paymasters. Such as third-party image and
cookie blocking.

Not that it matters much. MS has been playing catch-up instead of
innovation ever since NT3.5.

Sigh.
Wolf K.

Hmm.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Which Acronym Dictionary do you use? There are several, and I'd like to
add one to my search menu.

Mostly this one:
Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Sometimes these others:
Acronym Search
http://www.acronymsearch.com/

Internet Acronym Server
http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms

The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive
http://www.acronyms.ch/

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

A little Googling brings up several. I settled for this one, which also
has a pretty good general purpose dictionary.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LOTD

My list has just gotten longer

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Fri, 25 May 2012 13:37:09 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
[snip]

A little Googling brings up several. I settled for this one, which also
has a pretty good general purpose dictionary.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LOTD

My list has just gotten longer

Do you need an acronym for that? "MLHJGL"?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

My list has just gotten longer

A lot of people have me on their list... Oh, you meant the dictionary!!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

A lot of people have me on their list... Oh, you meant the dictionary!!

LOL...

 

[Todd]

In Windows 7 the Aero interface can be turned off

What do you mean? I just select a "Classic View"
and Aero disappears. No more confusing, fuzzy tops
and the machine speeds up a tad. When I show my customer
the difference, about three out of four prefer the
"Classic" look.

I have to remind myself that the "P" in "PC" stands for
"personal". I don't care for Aero myself. But, it
is not my opinion that counts, it is what the customer
prefers.

Not about Metro ...

-T

 

[Todd]

Not about Metro ...

That should have been "Now about Metro". Stinking typos.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

That should have been "Now about Metro". Stinking typos.

Metro is for people who can't type.

 

[Todd]

Metro is for people who can't type.

And are capable of solving great puzzles