[AccessD] Ramblings of a nutcase

The little screens are plenty large enough to tell one from another. I only
had two to choose from though. I open things in tabs within one instance so
I only opened an extra instance as a test. Maybe with 10 of them or
whatever you run it would be different. This IS 8.1 not 8.0 of course.

OK just opened a bunch more and yes they all have little x's in their upper
right corners where they can be closed. And I can tell all 5 of them apart
well.

The calculator is full screen. Even when opened from the desktop. That is
weird. I can get it to half screen if I drag things around but it won't go
in a window that I can see.

If it were my only or even my most often used computer a lot of this would
probably bug me too. But since I only use this for some things some times I
have no problem with it. As others have pointed out, with an SSD this baby
boots in about 10 seconds. And now that I have selected the default it
starts directly to the desktop. WIth a task bar on the bottom of the
screen.

GK


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:12 PM, John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK thanks for the response.  So do the shrunken screen images help you
> differentiate between the instances?  Is it an icon sized image or large
> enough to actually see what it represents?
>
> Are they stacked such that I can tell that they are open and how many?  Is
> there a little X off to the right allowing me to close each one as I desire?
>
> I truly never got there in my attempts to use Windows 8.  I am dead
> certain that there was no task bar in windows 8.0.  I will no doubt be back
> in the next year or two, when or if MS comes to their senses and decides
> that what I like matters too.  It turns out that Windows 7 support drops in
> 2020 so I have a loooooong time to hold out if I need to.  Hell, by then
> they will be off on a new jag, Windows 8 long forgotten.
>
>
> John W. Colby
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 2/26/2014 9:00 PM, Gary Kjos wrote:
>
>> No graphics here John. You should know that by now. As list helper I saw
>> the rejected message though ;-)  Yes window 8.1 shows the multiple
>> instances of your browsers in a list. The list for me goes sideways
>> instead
>> of vertical and it's shrunken screen images but it IS the list you desire.
>> I don't use calculator or sticky notes. Boot to desktop is now the default
>> too.
>>
>>
>>
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Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com