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Rationalization ... choice.
MS doesn't have to decide for everyone - users have to be given the choice to customize/personalize the damn GUI - PERIOD!
Start menu, icon placement, tile (no tile, tile color) .......
This is bordering on insanity - these are computers, right?
Even better would be to ask the user at install time how they will use the machine (Business, Home, Gamer, Developer | Tablet or Desktop preference) and optimize the install to the way it will be used. But nooooo that's too hard.
Yes it requires resources to create the tools to make that happen and yes it is difficult (even though all of the pieces exist). It is basically skunk-works that generates no revenue. Unless you consider customer satisfaction as the main driver of revenue.
Lots of information in the release notes, but I'll defer further judgement until after the next drop. What's the alternative?
Linux Mint Mate is very good and I'm looking at Android ports. I have long since dropped MS applications in favor of Open Source applications that work just as well and many provide superior function (VLC media player is a prime example). Is either of these choices viable for the mainstream user? I don't know, but if you look at the Rasberry Pi and the Mini Mate devices, yes, Linux is becoming a player. The only real drawback I see is in the games arena and there are specialized boxes that address games better than Windows.
This is the 3rd chance MS has to make something great (OS/2-NT, merging Dos and Windows Kernel, and now) Is it the charm or three strikes?
MS has always had an anchor around it's neck - legacy support. Win10 could have been a divorce from legacy support and developed as a new OS. How? Windows 8.2 (the original TP) could have been the last legacy release dubbed Window 9. That would have allowed Win10 to go forward with all of the new APIs and specifically dropping the older crap.
Damn - that would put MS back in the two development path mode - oh well ... I guess you could still start your car with a crank.
I've ranted on the feedback app and on the Insider forums - sorry to rant here - but this is becoming incredibly ludicrous even for a development release.
and so....
I tried it two ways: 1 as a toolbar, and 2 just pinning the shortcut to the taskbar.
Where it goes and what it does isn't as easy. I haven't figured out how to put it on the sysTray or to the right of the clock yet.
I didn't like the shutdown option dialog when you use the /i parameter, so I picked Restart since I do that most often.
The icon is in twinui.dll and is driven by a shortcut to shutdown.
You could also pin to Start and move where you want ... sort of.
Code:Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e | /o] [/hybrid] [/soft] [/f] [/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]] No args Display help. This is the same as typing /?. /? Display help. This is the same as not typing any options. /i Display the graphical user interface (GUI). This must be the first option. /l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options. /s Shutdown the computer. /r Full shutdown and restart the computer. /g Full shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is rebooted, restart any registered applications. /a Abort a system shutdown. This can only be used during the time-out period. /p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning. Can be used with /d and /f options. /h Hibernate the local computer. Can be used with the /f option. /hybrid Performs a shutdown of the computer and prepares it for fast startup. Must be used with /s option. /e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer. /o Go to the advanced boot options menu and restart the computer. Must be used with /r option. /m \\computer Specify the target computer. /t xxx Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds. The valid range is 0-315360000 (10 years), with a default of 30. If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f parameter is implied. /c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown. Maximum of 512 characters allowed. /f Force running applications to close without forewarning users. The /f parameter is implied when a value greater than 0 is specified for the /t parameter. /d [p|u:]xx:yy Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown. p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned. u indicates that the reason is user defined. If neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is unplanned. xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256). yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536). Reasons on this computer: (E = Expected U = Unexpected P = planned, C = customer defined) Type Major Minor Title U 0 0 Other (Unplanned) E 0 0 Other (Unplanned) E P 0 0 Other (Planned) U 0 5 Other Failure: System Unresponsive E 1 1 Hardware: Maintenance (Unplanned) E P 1 1 Hardware: Maintenance (Planned) E 1 2 Hardware: Installation (Unplanned) E P 1 2 Hardware: Installation (Planned) E 2 2 Operating System: Recovery (Unplanned) E P 2 2 Operating System: Recovery (Planned) P 2 3 Operating System: Upgrade (Planned) E 2 4 Operating System: Reconfiguration (Unplanned) E P 2 4 Operating System: Reconfiguration (Planned) P 2 16 Operating System: Service pack (Planned) 2 17 Operating System: Hot fix (Unplanned) P 2 17 Operating System: Hot fix (Planned) 2 18 Operating System: Security fix (Unplanned) P 2 18 Operating System: Security fix (Planned) E 4 1 Application: Maintenance (Unplanned) E P 4 1 Application: Maintenance (Planned) E P 4 2 Application: Installation (Planned) E 4 5 Application: Unresponsive E 4 6 Application: Unstable U 5 15 System Failure: Stop error U 5 19 Security issue (Unplanned) E 5 19 Security issue (Unplanned) E P 5 19 Security issue (Planned) E 5 20 Loss of network connectivity (Unplanned) U 6 11 Power Failure: Cord Unplugged U 6 12 Power Failure: Environment P 7 0 Legacy API shutdown
Last edited by Slartybart; 11 Apr 2015 at 20:22.
I guess people thought it was too confusing... There were a number of UI "Experts" that criticized them for that design.