[dba-Tech] Windows 8: Not!

 Hi Jim --

Thank you.
As I have already noted to Hans it happens that daughters do not get their fathers' profession inherited/passed on genes level ;)

> We are talking old guys here who probably took 
> a couple of days to figure out how to use a mouse
Tell them that Win8 have two channels ;)

Channel #1: Win8 - is the main official channel which starts broadcasting on Win8 start-up but one can easily switch to their good old...
Channel #2: WinXP/Win7 channel by using [WindowsKey] + D


and in their free time use CTRL + ESC to get back to Win8 channel to play with, to adapt to it, to switch to/activate its "sub-channels" presented on Win8 start screen/desktop/switchboard as "live-tiles". Tell them there could be many active sub-channels activated and  working in background, teach them to use [WindowsKey] + [Tab] to get the list of active sub-channels and to switch between them...

Give them the links to: 

30 New Hotkeys For Windows 8
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/30-new-hotkeys-for-windows-8/

or even

50 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts/

and

100 Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-keyboard-shortcuts-windows/


Help them to select the most useful in their everyday work short-cuts - they will be happy to abandon mouse...

If they would still prefer to use mouse with Win8 interface give them this link:

Windows 8 Touch & Mouse Gestures
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/windows-8-touch-mouse-gestures

-- Shamil

Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:33 PM -07:00 from "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>Hi Shamil:
>
>The daughter of one of the best programmer developers, I know, has no
>problem? Trust me it is in the genes and it really comes as no surprise.
>
>I would bet she could probably install a full Linux network, from the
>command prompt, in an afternoon, if she ever wanted to.
>
>We are talking old guys here who probably took a couple of days to figure
>out how to use a mouse and they use two or maybe three fingers to type with.
>Why do you think most lawyers and business managers have a secretary? 
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov
>Shamil
>Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:42 PM
>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8: Not!
>
> Sorry, Hans,
>
>My daughter, who is working as a clerk/assistant in a large retail net here,
>is a kind of an ordinary users you probably mean: she has recently got a new
>laptop with Win8 and I haven't heard from her *any* complaints, and I
>haven't seen her being frustrated while working with Win8...
>
>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil
>
>
>Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:33 PM -07:00 from Hans-Christian Andersen
>< hans.andersen at phulse.com >:
>>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

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