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'Fraid I hafta agree groze.
I liked the Windows 7 menu. I kinda like the Windows 8 menu and there are some things I even like about the Windows 10 menu, but that could be incorporated into the Windows 7 or 8 menus. It would really be nice if we had a choice. Windows 10 menu is supposed to be resizable, but so far, it still takes up half my screen. And no, I don't know why I'm complaining about that because while I'm using that menu, I am not using anything else on the desktop; not even my QuickLaunch which gets covered.
My vision isn't the greatest either, but I expect it to get better when I go to my optometrist for new glasses. I also get readers and computer glasses at the same time. Juggling three pairs ain't fun, but it works best for me. That way I don't have to have very large print, which is all my son-in-law's old laptop will give me.
You are lucky that you can fix the vision problem with glasses. In my case glasses don't help - unfortunately. I have to live with 40% vision and hope it does not get worse as long as I get my shots into both eyes - every 6 weeks at a tune of $2000 for each eye. Fortunately health insurance pays.My vision isn't the greatest either, but I expect it to get better when I go to my optometrist for new glasses. I also get readers and computer glasses at the same time. Juggling three pairs ain't fun, but it works best for me. That way I don't have to have very large print, which is all my son-in-law's old laptop will give me
I am used to these shots since 5 years. It's just another annoyance.
I agree.
The Start Screen of Windows 10... It has its fun things to it, but I can navigate through my 8.x Start Screen with such ease, it happens in literally a blink of an eye. This new mosh of Windows 7's Start menu of Windows 8's Start Screen is a bit.... Not what I'm into. All Apps in 10 is a GIANT major step backwards. I don't that addition of folders as mainly they look out of place with the icon, and it just defeats the concept of what Windows 8's All Apps screen was all about, All Apps. Granted, IE pins shouldn't be on there, only All your Apps. If you prefer hierarchy, that's nice. It would be a better compromise for those who do to keep the design of All Apps, but have a larger header title for each folder directory on All Apps with each folder minimized, click on the title, all of if collapses down to show what's in the folder. The current in 10 is just too claustrophobic for me...
The option needs to be had for those who want the old Start Screen to have the old Start Screen.
It's honestly quite silly, however, how back when Windows 8 first came out the immediate critique what that they blew up a mobile phone OS on top of Windows 7's Desktop. That's utterly untrue as the Start Screens of Windows Phone and Windows 8 functioned differently. Windows 10's Start Screens on Phone and PC function almost identically. Some people didn't like the side-to-side scrolling on Windows 8, personally it bugs me how it scrolls up and down in 10. It's too Windows Phone like...
You can and will be able to remove the tiles from the start menu if you wish. The Metro apps serve a purpose they can be a more efficient way to doing a task. I love the DTV Sunday Ticket app which I can click and get to a list of games on Sunday. Using the website i have to first find the Sunday ticket site. Metro apps are best for single task apps and apps with menus with lots of option are better suited for Windows desktop or web apps. Metro apps can add to productivity in business apps that use desktop app as the main app and the Metro apps as clients. Example our time and attendance system uses the smart devices as timeclocks to punch in and the the GPS coordinates are recorded for the punch. The manager uses the desktop app to approve time and forecast schedules based on real time information. That is one application.