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Re:Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 in market share again, Windo... by sliverstorm on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:56PM (#7512635)
Honestly, I didn't want to rag on anybody, but I'm kind of surprised a forum full of hackers managed to get so stuck. Alt+Tab is something I would expect everyone here to know, and it was literally the first shortcut I tried when I got confused on my first foray with Win8. But I suppose use of the keyboard to navigate anything may be a dying art.
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Re:Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 in market share again, Windo... by bunderbunder on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @11:08PM (#7513306)
What might only be a few moments of confusion for nerds is a brick wall to many other people.

Perhaps that's also something to do with what happened in Redmond. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Windows 8's UI mess is at least partially a product of letting a bunch of technology people get too far inside their own heads.

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Re:Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 in market share again, Windo... by graeme on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:09PM (#7512701)
I utterly failed at helping my aunt figure out metro. I did use alt-tab. But there were multiple other points of failure. It's been long enough that I don't remember specifics, but I was utterly baffled despite being experienced with keyboard navigation.
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