I couldn't agree more. I makes me want to strangle someone when Microsoft hides or completely eliminates a basic tool that its users have become comfortable with, and very reliant upon.
I mean, what the hell? Why can't the search function be right where it used to be, and worse yet, why make it so doggone hard to find? And, when you finally do find it, it's not half the search tool that we used to have in XP.
Arrrrgggghhhhh....!
Man, you are reading my mind!
I have XP Pro on my old clunker and Win7 on my wife's new machine.
I have spent more time cussing when I have to do something with hers that was pure automatic in knowing what to do with XP.
There was really no reason for some of their crap.
Maybe after I become more familiar with Win 7 once I get myself a new machine, I might quit cussing, but XP seems a lot easier, quicker and logical to run around in.
I couldn't agree more. I makes me want to strangle someone when Microsoft hides or completely eliminates a basic tool that its users have become comfortable with, and very reliant upon.
I mean, what the hell? Why can't the search function be right where it used to be, and worse yet, why make it so doggone hard to find? And, when you finally do find it, it's not half the search tool that we used to have in XP.
Arrrrgggghhhhh....! *****
The trouble with new program/OS applications is that the programmer "Weenies" think that their changes are "Neat-o Keen" ...
Their reasoning is that the end user will get used to the changes.
I had the same problem with the Management Information Systems [MIS] Department when I worked for MCI. I had responsibility for a specialized mainframe program that had been written for my department.
It seemed like every time I requested a specific upgrade, MIS would either NOT give me what I requested, or would ALSO give me changes that I DID NOT request [or they would do both]. MIS called these upgrades "features". It would then take me MONTHS to get the upgraded application straightened out.
I took to calling them Miserable Incompetant Symps" ...
What programmers NEED to realize is that they should KEEP the features that end-users like, shit-can the ones they hate - and offer new optional capabilities that the end-user can opt-in for AFTER trying them out ...