How about giving us back the icons we had on 7 and prior. I like my icons.
I have no use for "Apps" I want icons. Had Windows 8 on a laptop a couple of years ago. Hated it, wiped the drive clean and installed Windows 7. Much better.
On a desktop, Win 10 boots to a desktop with icons and a start button. The latest build that I’m working with now handles multiple monitors on my Nvidia card. Unlike Win7, it puts the task bar and start button at the bottom of each monitor, not just the primary.
I prefer icons over tiles as well.
Hate the Win 7 Libraries. Prefer the XP file manager.
My new HTC phone has Win 8.1, and it seems okay.
I’m looking forward to Win10.
Presently run a couple of Win7 machines, and one Win8.1.
Win 8 was a nightmare in that you had to configure it to work like what eventually became Win 8.1. Configure out all the touch screen stuff. Nobody wanted to pay for that kind of experience or lack of consideration from M.S..
With Win8.1 you presently have to add an extra program to get a normal startbutton and startmenu. This will be the same with Win10. Win8.1 in reality will and over time will just be viewed as a stripped down Win10-— the Chevy compared to the Buick, both made by G.M. Windows 10 just being a Win8.1 with more bells and whistles.
Also I use 3rd party software for multiple desktops which is sometimes buggy and Microsoft Win10 is supposed to add their own so this may be more stable.
Overall Win8.1 is better than Win 7, tighter faster code, more reliable, and best OS install experience I’ve ever had.
Right at the beginning of the install, it gets your wifi password and starts downloading needed drivers by itself as part of the install. All my computers are Dell, didnt even need to go to the Dell page to get my custom batch of drivers for my machine like I had to for XP/Win 7. Not needed!
Nothing wrong with 8.1 after you install you own start menu program.
I’ve got Vista/Win7-ready machines running Win7 and Win8, and Vista/Win7 ready machines should run Windows 10—no problem. Found XP-ready machines were not well accomodated to Win7. Although would work, but at a significant performance hit.
BTW, I code for a living, degreed in C.S., so my view may be different from yours.