Re:Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate?
by CamperBob2 on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:04PM
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What i usually do is press the windows button, and start typing the name of the program i wanna use.
This debate was settled when Windows replaced MS-DOS. Most users do not want to remember, or type, the names of the programs they want to use.
Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu?
Yes, frequently.
Then you are simply a different user type.
Btw I presume from the bit about ms dos that you dont llike shells. But thats ur preference
Re:Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate?
by CamperBob2 on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:13PM
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No, I live at the Windows command prompt, pretty much. But like you said, I'm a different user type.
The difference between me and the people at Microsoft is that I understand that there are different user types. None of which asked for their desktop PC to behave more like their cell phone.
So for someone like me, isn't the Metro Start menu good design? It has both the type-to-search thing and a full screen menu of icons i usually use.
Look i admit it seemed a little intimidating when i first saw it. Heck we have been using the start menu for more than a decade! It's almost part of our DNA now, so seeing the entire screen change in place of a menu is.... unexpected. But is it really that bad? Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu?