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Ah, yes, Orlowski at his sarcastic best.

Meanwhile, here's that animated GIF. The improvements to the Win10 Start Thing are a wonder to behold. Obvious as all get-out, too:

https://cdn-mspoweruser.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/start.gif

What the heck is Redmond doing up there?

1 posted on 12/31/2016 9:20:24 AM PST by dayglored
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To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
Windows 10 revises the Start Thing, coming soon... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

2 posted on 12/31/2016 9:22:02 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

I think they should take very so-called human factors programmers and leadership at MS and chain and shackle them to a pair of oxen that trudges relentlessly though their township and rubs the meat from their bones.

These people are WORTHLESS. They have yet to figure out that not every human has the same capacity for stupid shit as they.


3 posted on 12/31/2016 9:22:59 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: dayglored

I am so glad I went out and bought a Windows 7 laptop before they disappeared.


4 posted on 12/31/2016 9:24:58 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: dayglored

I just hope my Win7 Laptop and Desktop hold out.

And Linux is still way behind. I bought a Linux laptop to try out before the Win7 machines wear out. One almost has to be a programmer just to install software and updates.

I heard one sales rep on HSN or QVC admit that Win10 was designed for touchscreens. It sure wasn’t designed for productivity.


5 posted on 12/31/2016 9:27:32 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: dayglored
It’s a mystery why Microsoft deemed Start screen folders acceptable for mobile users, but not desktop users.

Some potential solutions to the "mystery."

1. Respective program/development teams did not communicate with each other
2. No requirements
3. One program dropped requirements to meet the date
4. Development teams from different countries/not geographically co-located
5. No test cases/use cases for verification/validation

On a personal note, I just do not like thew new Win10 menu structure. I know it's customizable, but it's a new configuration item to manage. As I see it, the menu has too many hidden things that pop up and I don't really care about the latest news feed (for example, G. Michael in your gif). I don't want variable things in my menu structure; I want it stable and consistent!

7 posted on 12/31/2016 9:33:51 AM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: dayglored
I would probably have about as much luck figuring it out if it looked like this, lol.


8 posted on 12/31/2016 9:34:16 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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To: dayglored

Just install the clean and free “CLassic Shell” and never see that Redmond shite again.


12 posted on 12/31/2016 9:41:58 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: dayglored

Meanwhile, MS seems to never have heard of tabbing Windows Explorer. Or allowing you to “color code” file names.


20 posted on 12/31/2016 9:57:45 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: dayglored
So has anyone invented an operating system to off of microsoft,s money merry-go-round?
22 posted on 12/31/2016 10:04:31 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: dayglored

“Windows 10’s current Start menu/screen thing is a complex...”

I love having an IQ above a Democrat, because it has never been “a complex” anything. I swear The Register is the tech worlds version of Washington Post.

Happy to see the folders since my workplace has upgraded to 10, and this will come in handy.


32 posted on 12/31/2016 10:15:59 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: dayglored

As someone who’s used most everything from Windows 1 up through NT, XP, Server X, 7, 8 and now 10; I am not having any problems with 10. Like change in life, it just takes a little getting used to it. Are you really unable to adjust or is this just a “get off my lawn and PC” moment?


47 posted on 12/31/2016 11:00:14 AM PST by pt17
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To: dayglored
Interesting, I look forward to the update. Having used every iteration of Windows, Windows 10 is my favorite, it works GREAT. That said, I would not want it on an older (Windows 7 or earlier) computer.

And yes, I have tried all sorts of Linux distros, including compiling my own, but eventually I come back to Windows, it just works for me.

The Hackintosh I have is pretty cool, but again, I just need something that works. Whatever works for me, at that moment, is fine!

56 posted on 12/31/2016 11:22:54 AM PST by Paradox ("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
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To: dayglored

Thanks for the screen shot, still looks like an iFag smartphone rather than a PC.

I did fix the interface on the wife’s W8 laptop so I could try and navigate the damn thing, but why should I have to?


94 posted on 12/31/2016 1:16:36 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: dayglored

It’s like they are trying to fix “New Coke” (shakes head)


107 posted on 12/31/2016 5:45:40 PM PST by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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To: dayglored
Folders?

where all the white women at?

No?


109 posted on 12/31/2016 5:54:26 PM PST by BlueDragon
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To: dayglored

OK, I’ve got a new computer with Win 10 and I have no idea what that box of squares is for even tho I see it every time I click on the programs icon.......There’s even a picture in one of the boxes that is from my “pictures” folder that I have no idea how It got there


122 posted on 01/01/2017 9:27:05 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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