When regular users give Windows 8 a go
- Thread starter Rob Williams
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When it comes to desktop screenshots, I recommend JPG. Gif should be used only for REAL small images (like avatars and the like). PNGs are fine up to a couple of megabytes.
Nice choice of wallpaper though
Nice choice of wallpaper though
Doomsday
Tech Junkie
When it comes to desktop screenshots, I recommend JPG. Gif should be used only for REAL small images (like avatars and the like). PNGs are fine up to a couple of megabytes.
Nice choice of wallpaper though
Thank u!
Brett Thomas
Senior Editor
Pardon me while I hug my fluxbox interface. I assign hotkeys in a file. Any I want, to do anything I want. I design my start menu and right click anywhere on the desktop to access it.
</ linux luv>
k, now about that artistic abortion that we call the new old metro interface...
It's hideous. I can understand where they were going but honestly not every device is a touchscreen and not every interface should be treated as if it were. Even the SERVER products use it. Who thought that was a good idea?!!?!?!?!
As for Rob's earlier IT manager comments, I can't think for the life of me why anyone in a serious IT position would have need of Win8 exposure already. Most companies do not adopt a new OS within its first year without reason...retraining staff would make for a more difficult and frustrating transition than it already is. Most of them won't even touch it for another few months, I'd bet.
</ linux luv>
k, now about that artistic abortion that we call the new old metro interface...
It's hideous. I can understand where they were going but honestly not every device is a touchscreen and not every interface should be treated as if it were. Even the SERVER products use it. Who thought that was a good idea?!!?!?!?!
As for Rob's earlier IT manager comments, I can't think for the life of me why anyone in a serious IT position would have need of Win8 exposure already. Most companies do not adopt a new OS within its first year without reason...retraining staff would make for a more difficult and frustrating transition than it already is. Most of them won't even touch it for another few months, I'd bet.
I know a lot of people who work in IT, and all of them knew about Windows 8 a year ago. But this is where I realize most people in IT are not like that. There are people like this chick who don't care about things that might happen in the future. They're not enthusiasts, I guess. I have tended to think most people in IT did have an interest in that sort of thing, but perhaps not.
Still, to go this long and not realize what Windows 8 is... that's impressive. I've talked to the absolute layman, someone not technologically inclined at all, and they knew what Windows 8 was.
OriginalJoeCool
Tech Monkey
Last time I booted into 8, I couldn't find the shutdown button .... so no.
I'm just going to watch the show for now, see what happens.
Of course you could just download 8 through a torrent. Nothing's stopping you. That's what everyone at my office did when 7 came out. Of course most of the people at my last workplace were douchebags.
I'm just going to watch the show for now, see what happens.
Of course you could just download 8 through a torrent. Nothing's stopping you. That's what everyone at my office did when 7 came out. Of course most of the people at my last workplace were douchebags.