[AccessD] Windows 8

OK, this explains the pains...


      15. Run two apps side by side

Modern UI apps are what Microsoft calls 'immersive' applications, which basically means they run 
full-screen - but there are ways to view up to four at once.

On Windows 8, swipe from the left and the last app you were using will turn into a thumbnail; drop 
this, and one app displays in a sidebar pane while your current app takes the rest of the screen. 
And you can then swap these by swiping again.

Windows 8.1 expands on this and can display up to four apps simultaneously, if you've enough screen 
space. Move your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, and when it changes to a hand icon, drag and 
drop your app to the left or right. Once you've moved it enough, a dividing line will appear, you 
can drop the app, and it'll appear in just that part of the screen. Use the bar between your apps to 
resize their window widths, or if you need to make one full-screen again.


It doesn't explain why we need something like the calculator to be the full screen.  "Immersive"?  
It's a damned calculator.  It is, by design, supposed to hover over the top of whatever I need to 
look at as I key numbers into it.  The same with a spreadsheet (for example).  I cannot tell you how 
often I have adjusted the size of a spreadsheet such that I could look at something else as I key 
numbers into the spreadsheet.  But now... they are "Immersive" and WILL BE FULL SCREEN.

And Microsoft WILL BE IDIOTS, and Pains 8x WILL BE IMMERSIVE, and WILL BE IN YOUR FACE.  And we will 
be reduced to the lowest common denominator and look exactly like your Pains 8x phone.  Notice that 
I said YOUR because I will not ever have such a beast, nor a Pains 8x tablet.  As it happens, 
Android works fine for these things for me.

So do we think full windowing is ever coming back?  I do not.

Now...

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 3/4/2014 1:01 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> OK, I learned a lot from that vid and I'm convinced - for me W8 is totally
> useless.  None of my gestures have any effect on my machines.
>
> Oh, he did say if I don't have touch screen I can plug in a mouse and a
> keyboard and then...(wait for it)...IT'LL BE JUST LIKE WINDOWS 7! Woo-hoo!
>
> Thank you Microsoft for putting Windows 8 on my new laptop.  With some
> effort and learning curve I can enjoy all the advantages of W7.
>
> R
>
> P.S. Dear MS - that floaty little tool bar that comes out of the right side
> of the touch screen.  It only takes me 5 or 6 tries to get it to appear on
> my standard display using a mouse.  You're right, of course, I should be so
> concerned about productivity.  Elegance of GI appearance is really the most
> important thing in an OS. The distraction of the 'live' tiles is terrific.
> I could spend all day looking at them.
> P.P.S.  Get the hell out of my face and let me do some work!
> P.P.P.S.  I've got a gesture for you - Skype me and I'll show you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:47 AM
> To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com; DBA-Tech; DBA-Access
> Subject: [AccessD] Windows 8
>
> Here's a very brief explanation of how to use Windows 8 for the stuck in the
> mud curmudgeons among us:
>   http://watchmojo.com/video/id/11365/
>
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