Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun May 26 16:33:06 CDT 2013
Maybe you've lost touch with ordinary users? We are talking about users whose only means of remembering keyboard shortcuts and passwords is if its written down on a post it note and stuck to their screen. They didn't ask for this change and its totally understandable that they are frustrated that it is forced upon them. To be honest, this is exactly what I expected to happen the minute i tried the win8 release candidate. If it was frustrating for even a tech person like myself, it was bound to be a disaster. - Hans On 2013-05-26, at 12:05 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > Hi Jim -- > > I can understand folks who do not want to upgrade to Win8 because of inertia, luck of money, so many bad reviews posted everywhere on Win8 but I can't get what "feeling of frustration" forces folks getting Win8 preinstalled to make their systems downgraded to Win7, do you? > > I mean if they dislike/do not need to work in Win8 UI mode they can use [WindowsKey] + D to get into Windows classic desktop mode, put some frequently used programs short-cuts on desktop or just use [WindowsKey]+R to start programs by typing their executable file name /full path etc. - it's all very similar to Win7 ... > > -- Shamil > > Sunday, May 26, 2013 9:40 AM -07:00 from "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >> Hi Shamil: >> >> I will partially agree with you. >> >> Aside: I do not think Arthur has any particular "axe to grind" when it comes >> to Win8 but I sense a very strong feeling of frustration, especially coming >> from his client's acceptance of Microsoft's latest offering and he is just >> reflecting their opinions. >> >> It appears that Microsoft has done fine job on their Windows 8 phones and >> everyone who has one likes it. This does not mean that I will run out and >> buy anything other than an Android phone. (I do not dislike iPods either but >> prices and features are everything.) >> >> Unfortunately, the Microsoft way of force feeding the public, through >> pre-loaded platforms, its Windows 8 desktop product is hardly an indication >> the OS's acceptance or rejection. >> >> If a customer, when buying a PC, tablet or Phone, could at the moment of >> purchase, select their OS, a much more accurate view of audience preference >> could be established. Given a level playing field, I would suspect, sales of >> MS's desktop version would go down, tablet sales would go up and phone sales >> would stay the same. >> >> Jim > <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com