[AccessD] Ramblings of a nutcase

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Feb 28 11:09:49 CST 2014


Hi John:

It seems that Windows 7 may be around a little longer...

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/windows-7-change-is-good-news-for-customers-but-maybe-more-bad-news-for-windows-8/?tag=nl.e099&s_cid=e099&ttag=e099&ftag=TREd8c0fa8

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "John W Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Ramblings of a nutcase

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.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:33 PM, John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OK Gustav, Here is what I am reading:
>>
>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/use-the-taskbar
>>
>> Nowhere does it mention the functionality that I mention.
>>
>> 1) Always combine, hide label.  NOT what I am doing
>> 2) Combine when taskbar is full.  NOT what I am doing.
>> 3) Never combine.  Not what I am doing.
>>
>> So...
>>
>>
>>
>> The following is what I currently see when I hover over the chrome Icon.
>>   I can simply hover and click on "Apple warns" and that copy of Chrome
>> comes to the front.
>>
>> Does your task bar work that way?  Can you make it work that way? If not,
>> WHY NOT?  It is the way I do business.
>>
>> Can you hover over and get context sensitive menus from which you can
>> select things?  Can you do so without the mouse (obviously not)?  If not
>> why not?  This is basic power user functionality.  I learned to do this
>> stuff years ago.  It is highly useful stuff. Are we throwing all that away
>> so that we can pinch and zoom? Why?  Is this "least common denominator"?
>>
>> Open the metro equivalent of the calculator.  Does it fill the whole
>> screen?  WHY???  Is my entire 23" screen really required for the
>> calculator?  I am old but I don't need a calculator that big to be able to
>> see it.  Open the metro equivalent of the sticky notes.  Does it fill the
>> whole screen?  Why?  I am just jotting down a phone number.    Is this
>> "everything will fill the whole screen" REALLY a good idea???
>>
>> It feels like 1/2 of the world has drunk the koolade, and is chasing me
>> around trying to get me to drink it as well.
>>
>>
>> John W. Colby
>>
>> --
> Gary Kjos
> garykjos at gmail.com


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