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  1. Posts : 5,833
    Dual boot Windows 10 FCU Pro x 64 & current Insider 10 Pro
       #2140

    Kari said:
    You need to press up or down arrow in Start Menu to get the keyboard controls but then one press of right arrow takes you to the right pane, the Start and you can use arrow keys to select items. How difficult that really is?
    Again, not as quick with navigating. IMO they have 8.1 dead on. Not saying that 10 is awful. Just not as quick.

    Edit:

    And to add 10 is a whole lot better than 7 and it's Start menu.
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  2. Posts : 1,983
    Windows 10 x86 14383 Insider Pro and Core 10240
       #2141

    <Winkey> Notepad <enter> works for me in 10. Maybe my Pentium 4 is just faster'n yours!
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  3. Posts : 5,833
    Dual boot Windows 10 FCU Pro x 64 & current Insider 10 Pro
       #2142

    Perhaps John should create a forum section for 10 Insiders only. Personally didn't upgrade anything to get 10. I feel I ought to be able post my opinions and views as a critique via testing, not as a true blue user.

    One of the reasons I won't upgrade my 8.1 is lack of quicker navigation in 10. So far anyway. If they add more shortcut keys then perhaps I will.
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  4. Posts : 1,524
    Windows 10 Pro (32-bit) 16299.15
       #2143

    Kari said:
    Really David? Windows 10 is not as good as Windows 8.1 because in Windows 8.1 you only need to press the Win key and type Notepad, whereas in Windows 10 you need to press Win + R and type Notepad? That extra key press, R with Win key to be able to type in to Run dialog is too much?
    That's not quite the same thing - Notepad is perhaps a bad example because the application name and the name of the executable file are the same. Winkey on its own searches the application name, but WinKey+R needs an executable file.

    "<Winkey>Internet Explorer" is perhaps a better example. (And in that case it's not even in All Apps, even though it's installed. The word 'All' there isn't quite understood by Microsoft on that one.

    HippsieGypsie said:
    WinKey/S then start typing works quick.
    Still slow on my old machine. If I hobble Cortana by stopping her accessing the web then she speeds up a bit, but obviously then she can't do any of the fancy stuff.
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  5. Posts : 5,899
    Win 11 Pro (x64) 22H2
       #2144

    alphanumeric said:
    Nope, much prefer the Windows 8.1 Start Screen/All Apps Screen to the Windows 10 hybrid Start Screen/Start Menu. I don't see them backtracking now though. Still if it was a selectable option like tablet mode, I'd be happy.
    I like it, though admittedly I'd gotten so use to the Windows 8 Start Menu, that the 10 Start Menu has thrown me for a loop at times. It just takes some time going back to the Windows 7 style but I do like it. I hope it stays.
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  6. Posts : 5,833
    Dual boot Windows 10 FCU Pro x 64 & current Insider 10 Pro
       #2145

    Fafhrd said:
    <Winkey> Notepad <enter> works for me in 10. Maybe my Pentium 4 is just faster'n yours!
    Thanks, Fafhrd. Never realized that would work and it indeed does.
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  7. Posts : 1,524
    Windows 10 Pro (32-bit) 16299.15
       #2146

    Fafhrd said:
    <Winkey> Notepad <enter> works for me in 10. Maybe my Pentium 4 is just faster'n yours!
    Pentium Dual Core (maybe about 2006/2007) in this case. But not a very fast web link which won't help. Plus maybe I'm more impatient... I mean it does work... just not as instantly as I'd like compared to the same machine running Windows 8.
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  8. Posts : 17,661
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2147

    HippsieGypsie said:
    Perhaps John should create a forum section for 10 Insiders only. Personally didn't upgrade anything to get 10. I feel I ought to be able post my opinions and views as a critique via testing, not as a true blue user.
    Asking this as sincere and polite as I can: Do you mean that opposing opinions should not be told? Do you mean that if you criticize about a lacking feature like not being able to use Start with keyboard, it should not be replied by another member telling that it is possible? That an opinion or critic should never be counter argued?
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  9. Posts : 5,833
    Dual boot Windows 10 FCU Pro x 64 & current Insider 10 Pro
       #2148

    DavidY said:
    That's not quite the same thing - Notepad is perhaps a bad example because the application name and the name of the executable file are the same. Winkey on its own searches the application name, but WinKey+R needs an executable file.

    "<Winkey>Internet Explorer" is perhaps a better example. (And in that case it's not even in All Apps, even though it's installed. The word 'All' there isn't quite understood by Microsoft on that one.

    Still slow on my old machine. If I hobble Cortana by stopping her accessing the web then she speeds up a bit, but obviously then she can't do any of the fancy stuff.
    IE is buried in Accessories folder. By typing it straightway as Fafhrd just explained does indeed find it although it's via Cortana or similar. not really sure.

    I've noticed Cortana is a mem hog. I wonder if she's chubby?
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  10. Posts : 1,983
    Windows 10 x86 14383 Insider Pro and Core 10240
       #2149

    I would second that call for an Insider's Forum - I could start several threads there myself, but If I post in any forum here, the number of posts just sends everything onto page 2 in a matter of hours...

    I can say "<Winkey>No<enter>" works too! either that or the full "notepad" gives me no delay whatsoever - as long as I don't look at the screen.
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