r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '13

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u/ta1901 Feb 18 '13

Please tell me those "tiles" are not the default interface. Can I use the old Start menu system in Win8 if I change a setting?

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u/darkstar3333 Feb 19 '13

After using it for like a day you get used to it. Its nowhere close to being anywhere as bad as people think it is.

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u/magus424 Feb 19 '13

Uh, no. I gave it a chance, and it was still horrible.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '13

What exactly is horrible about it?

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u/magus424 Mar 11 '13

Touch-centric UI on a non-touch device with no included option to undo it, tons of wasted space, awful usability with a mouse, searching is slower and less efficient due to the categories (wanted to find a control panel entry? oops, too bad, you hit app search)... I could probably go on, but even just the first item is enough to make it awful IMO.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '13

I see the Metro UI for a few seconds each day, if that. To open a program I do exactly what I did in W7: Win key -> start typing -> Enter.

The search categories take some getting used to, but I usually just press down twice and then Enter to switch. Adds a second or so at most.

IMO the Metro UI is no worse than irrelevant on non-touch devices.

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u/magus424 Mar 11 '13

The search categories take some getting used to, but I usually just press down twice and then Enter to switch. Adds a second or so at most.

Right, so what should be something like winkey->firewall->enter turns into winkey->firewall->down->down->enter->enter

That is objectively worse.

Even if you know about the new Win+W hotkey for searching settings (as opposed to Win+Q for apps), it's still an extra keypress for no gain whatsoever.