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Why do people hate Windows 8?
Gravarg
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I've had my new computer for a couple of weeks now, and I have to say I love Windows 8 now. It takes some getting used to, the start menu is actually really neat, and after only a few hours of learning how to do things and where things are, I like it even better than XP or 7. I don't understand why people don't like Windows 8, is there something I'm missing?
P.S. I love how it starts up within a second 
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This is why.
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/windows-8-disappointing-usability/
"Double Desktop = Cognitive Overhead and Added Memory Load"
"Lack of Multiple Windows = Memory Overload for Complex Tasks"
"Flat Style Reduces Discoverability"
"Low Information Density"
"Overly Live Tiles Backfire"
"Charms Are Hidden Generic Commands"
"Error-Prone Gestures"
"Windows 8 UX: Weak on Tablets, Terrible for PCs"
" Also, the main UI restricts users to a single window, so the product ought to be renamed " Microsoft Window.""
The last one isn't quite true. It limits you to 2 open windows. You'll have to figure out how to do it though. Both of those windows will also take up exactly half the space of your monitor. There is no size adjustment.
hmm I actually don't see any of those as something that hurts me though. I've always used windows in maximized mode. I actually hated having to always click on the stupid maximize button when I opened a window hehe. You can have multiple windows, if you hover over one in the sidebar it shows up until you move away from it. Also you can do split view, so it does offer multiple windows.
As for the tiles, commands and flat style, that takes some getting used to. It's like when you jump in a new car and you try to figure out how the heck do I turn on the windshield washer lol. After an hour or so I figured out what to do. If you buy your computer new, it even has a little tutorial while Windows 8 is loading for the first time that goes over all this information hehe. I turned my mouse speed all the way up, and it's actually really easy for me to move around with my mouse.
I guess I can see how some of these points are valid in that it's a new way of doing things, but just like anything new, it just takes a bit to learn.
Edit: IE10 is awesome. With a right click it brings up everything I've done recently, so I can have 20 websites up, and then on the side bar having my mail, messages, apps, and whatever, all with two clicks for IE or a corner and a click away
I cannot speak for anyone else, but while I cannot state that I "hate" Windows 8, I will never use it.
In the efforts to streamline it enough to accommodate tablets, Windows 8 has gone down the same path as Apple OSX. Simple use, low functionality, low depth, poor use of resources.
For anyone like me that wishes to get the most out of their computer, it is an incredibly bad choice.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
Now I'm no Windows 8 fanboy but a lot of what is being said about it is pure nonsense being spouted by people who have never even used it. My main gaming rig runs Windows 7 and I do not plan on upgrading it to Windows 8 anytime soon. I do however have plenty of experience with my Dell Duo which I did upgrade to Windows 8. The performance of that machine almost doubled after the upgrade. I work in IT and repair computers both on the hardware and software side of things every day. I have tons of Windows 8 experience there as regular, non-techie people can screw up even new computers.
Windows 8 has all of the functionality of every version of Windows that came before it just does it a bit differently. The only thing I have personally noticed is the loss of Desktop Gadgets which is really no great loss as they were replaced by the Live Tiles on the new UI. As for performance and resource management it out performs Windows 7 in every way. People instinctively hate change and Windows 8 is very different than what people expect from a Windows machine. The one really bonehead move Microsoft did with Windows 8 is changing too much all at once and expecting people to just except it and love them for it. They should have made these changes slowly over time and it would have not caused such a backlash.
Bren
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Those are not my words although I agree with them. Those are just the sub headings of parts of the article linked. I picked those sub headings thinking people would actually read the article they came from.