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| Samsung adds start menu to its Windows 8 PCs |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-28 18:18:38 |
| "Windows 8 changes a lot of things about how the operating system works, but one of the features Windows traditionalists will find jarring is the lack of a Start button. Although the button's functions are still present in various places, users may miss its easy click-and-start-typing familiarity. Well, Samsung's bringing it back. The all-in-one PCs Samsung unveiled this morning are the first Windows machines to sport the S Launcher, a simple widget that acts just like the old start button." This is not from The Onion. I repeat, this is not from The Onion. |
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| RE[4]: Oh dear |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-28 19:13:50 |
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Samsung - Being Inspired Hum, this does have marketing potential. |
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| Re: The Onion |
| By fadingdust on 2012-08-28 19:19:31 |
| Thom, you slay me. Congrats, you know America. |
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| That video in the comments |
| By ronaldst on 2012-08-28 19:30:52 |
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About the Ewoks is disturbing. Just like people who can't cope with a Start screen. I can even CTRL+TAB to get to the list of installed Applications. I don't remember that working with the Old Start menu. Edited 2012-08-28 19:31 UTC |
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| Someone needs to fix it. |
| By jefro on 2012-08-28 19:39:52 |
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I try windows 8 every few days and no matter what, it still stinks! The option to put it back to windows 7 is the only good choice. Windows 8 doesn't seem to be any faster or better or offer any other feature I might wish. It is almost impossible to turn off. Too complicated to use anything. Idiots at MS must be trying to lose money. |
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| Comment by v_bobok |
| By v_bobok on 2012-08-28 19:46:16 |
| And here... we... go! |
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| RE[3]: Oh dear |
| By nej_simon on 2012-08-28 20:23:38 |
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Project Looking Glass, an ugly java based desktop by Sun Microsystems, had a dock that looked just like that. It was demoed for the first time in 2003 ie. 4 years before Apple created a similar dock. Contrary to what some people (and apple) think, not every UI feature implemented by Apple is invented by them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro... Interestingly, Apple claimed that PLG infringed on their IP and threatened to sue Sun. |
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| RE: Someone needs to fix it. |
| By ze_jerkface on 2012-08-28 20:39:24 |
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Ballmer has gone mad over the iPhone and has doubled down on an idiot named Sinofsky. I have no doubt that the majority of MS employees would be against Windows 8 in its current state. But I'm sure a Windows 8 defender will at any moment tell us that we're afraid of change. That leads to another question: Why are wheels round? We need change and progress. If you are against modern octagon shaped wheel design then you are afraid of change and stuck in the past. Octagon wheels are new and new is evolution. Efficiency is just an excuse used by change haters. I can't wait to drive on modernist octagon wheels and use an ad screen with a horizontal scroll bar to find my applications. I am an awesome tech embracing dude and I don't fear change. My ego depends on embracing this type of idiocy without question. Edited 2012-08-28 20:41 UTC |
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| RE: Someone needs to fix it. |
| By avgalen on 2012-08-28 20:42:24 |
| Almost impossible to turn off? How about you press CTRL+Alt+Del for once and see what happens |
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| RE[2]: Someone needs to fix it. |
| By ze_jerkface on 2012-08-28 20:50:08 |
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Are you and Nelson going to hang around Best Buy to help people navigate the invisible buttons? I can see it now: NO WAIT DONT LEAVE, WINDOWS 8 IS NOT A POS LIKE EVERYONE SAYS. JUST GIMME ANOTHER 10 MINUTES. Good software doesn't need forum defenders. When Firefox 1.0 came out I didn't see continual explanations of why it doesn't actually suck. It took off with a wide variety of users because it was a clear improvement over IE6. I had non-technical people asking me if I had used it. My annoying clueless neighbor even came over to tell me about how great it was. Wake the f*** up already. Windows 8 is shitty software. The fact that Samsung is doing this speaks volumes. |
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| Open source does one better |
| By cmost on 2012-08-28 21:07:36 |
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This free open source app does one better. It not only puts the start button back in Windows 8 but has the ability to let users choose which style start menu they prefer. Best of all, this app has the ability to bypass Windows 8's stupid formerly-known-as-Metro thingy altogether. Now that's what I'm talking about!! http://classicshell.sourceforge.... http://www.webpronews.com/window... Edited 2012-08-28 21:08 UTC |
| - Score: 8 |
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