[AccessD] Windows 8

 >>>oh wait, are those keys available on a surface tablet or Windows phone?

It matters not because I use Android phones and tablets.

;)

John W. Colby

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

On 3/4/2014 2:13 PM, Rusty Hammond wrote:
> John,
>
> No problem shutting down those apps when you're done with them.  Just
> press Alt+F4 - they haven't changed
> that keystroke combination yet.  Don't ask why I remembered that one.
> Hadn't used it since I don't know when, but then I got Windows 8
> installed ...  oh wait, are those keys available on a surface tablet or
> Windows phone?
>
> Rusty
>   
>
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 12:22 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8
>
> Cool!!!
>
> Now get rid of the panes and give me back sizable Windows and I am
> there.  And of course a REAL start button with the start menu interface.
> AND make sure that nothing I do ever yanks me back to the "modern"
> interface without my actually hitting a NEW hotkey (not something mapped
> over a hotkey used in the past for something else) or click a specific
> button.
>
> Oh yea, an easy and understandable way to shut apps down when I am done
> with them.  Like maybe a bar at the top with a little X, which closes
> the window when clicked.  "Keep everything open that you ever used since
> you rebooted last" is just a nonsensical thing to do on a desktop.
>
> Hmmmm sounds like Windows 7?  OK, so give me Windows 7 in "Desktop
> mode".
>
> And... I need to ensure that those "live tiles" are not constantly
> pulling data over my cell phone, since I use my cell phone as my WiFi.
> Constant crap being pulled into "Live Tiles" sounds like a constantly
> escalating phone data bill to me.  Verizon will love it, I will not.  So
> Live tiles ONLY LIVE when I am actually looking at them.  And maybe not
> even then.
>
>
>      cur*mud*geon
>
> /noun/\(?)k?r-?m?-j?n\
>
> : a person (especially an old man) who is easily annoyed or angered and
> who often complains
>
>
> Hmmmm... OK.
>
> And here I thought I was just a Windows 7 Fanboi.
>
> John W. Colby
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 3/4/2014 12:47 PM, John Bartow wrote:
>> 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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