[AccessD] Windows 10...

Hi Charlotte et al

Right you are. 
I was checking out the recent build 9860 (comes as an automatic update) and still felt something was wrong.
Finally, I located the setting to use the start screen in favour of the new wimpy start menu. 

What a relief. I can't recommend too much to get rid of the start menu. It's a blurp of the past. At worst, it will act as a lock-in of users who don't know better.

Also, I can recommend to go to System Properties, Advanced, Performance and unmark at least the first of these:

    Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
    Show shadows under windows 
    Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop

This way you get a slicker and faster desktop experience.

/gustav

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Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
Sendt: 4. oktober 2014 17:36
Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Emne: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...

I installed it, but honestly I hate the new start menu.  It has to have
charms to accommodate Touch but it's awfully cluttered and poorly
organized. You can resize the charms but not replace them with a list.  You
can uninstall apps from the start menu, which is handy for things like Xbox
and Sports.  Of course all that may change by release.  Overall, I like
most of it (except for the ugly start menu).  You still have the
right-click menu on the Windows logo, so I tend to use that.  And of course
applications now install an icon on your desktop by default, even the touch
versions.  I put it on a 6-year old laptop with 4 GB RAM and a 300 Gb hard
drive, and it's working fine.  Installing it as an upgrade from Win 8.1 was
a no brainer.  I didn't have to touch the machine until I logged in again.
It kept all my settings and drivers,  but I didn't actually have any apps
except dropbox installed, so I can't say how other programs might have been
affected by an upgrade.

I don't have it on a touch-screen box, so I can't test that, and apps do
behave differently on a touch platform.  It feels a lot faster than Win 8.1
with the default boot to the desktop happening right away.  Haven't tested
it yet using the start screen, but we'll see.  Overall, I'm having a
positive reaction to it.

Charlotte

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> It's now on-line:
>
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
>
> /gustav
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Gustav Brock
> Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 09:20
> Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Emne: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
>
> Hi Darryl
>
> Don't forget that this really isn't much more/other than a new Windows 8.1
> skin for the wimps.
>
> That said, I look forward to the desktop switching option.
> So, certainly, this is marked as a must-do task for the weekend. I
> couldn't do otherwise as I've run Windows 8 from the very first developer
> preview (with the outstanding desktop betta fish).
>
> I'm impressed that MS has been able to hold the 10 tight while everyone
> was talking about 9. What a surprise - and that is, of course, the
> intention behind. It worked. Kudos to marketing dept.
>
> /gustav
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Darryl Collins
> Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 00:52
> Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Emne: [AccessD] OT: Windows 10...
>
> Worth a read.  Looks better than 8.1 :)
>
> <<
> http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/09/30/announcing-windows-10/
> >>
>
>
> Cheers
> Darryl