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For all the people out there that are "confused" by Windows 8, prepared to have this three year old make you feel even worse. Thanks to Adam for the video.
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That was painful to watch.
Not sure the point of said video. I was hacking on the DOS command line when I was his age.... doesn't mean I want it to use it daily anymore
My daughter played Counter Strike when she was 4, and she wasn't half bad either.
Watching adults struggle to use Windows 8, or any modern OS for that matter is sad and says a lot about society today.
BTW, my daughter is 15 now, still likes games like Portal and Half-Life... and runs Win8 Consumer Preview.
Good for her. Here's your "I'M A SUPERSTAR DAD" coffee cup.
Watching adults struggle to use Windows 8, or any modern OS for that matter is sad and says a lot about society today.
Never said win8 was difficult, it isn't on any level. This just confirms that. What it doesn't do however is dispute that win 8 is largely an inefficient mess as far as the ui goes. A 3 year old can use it, so what? Doesn't make it worth a damn. I wouldn't want the UI of the tablets designed for kids on my tablet either. Great for kids, terrible for anything else.
So congrats microsoft for competing with VTech.
One simple toggle to disable metro for those of us who want to get work done and don't want our desktop to look like our tablets and all the bitching instantly goes away. Can I do it with third party paid apps? Yep, should I have too? Absolutely not.
Watching adults struggle to use Windows 8, or any modern OS for that matter is sad and says a lot about society today.
This whole issue about getting work done is a constant complain of the new UI. What I don't get is this. Where do people do their work? Inside of applications and those applications work exactly the same in Windows 7 or 8. Having spent 13 months on a Windows 8 dual screen desktop I'm just not seeing anything that different as it relates to desktop productivity, it's pretty much the same with a keyboard and mouse. The Start Screen is just another way to launch things for the most part. If I need to things like run desktop apps as admin and such, I have the Start Menu links in my Favorites in the File Explorer, but I don't often need to go there.
I think its more for the people who can barely navigate win 7, turn the computer on and such.
Think of a business with people who use the computer but only know the real simple basics. Now if its a few people, its not bad, but what if a company decided to upgrade 100 computers and they came with windows 8? ROFL
Poor tech support would drown.
The old way works just fine and is super easy to use also.
These Pro Windows 8 vs Anti-Windows 8 arguments are getting a little silly. It comes out this Friday, lets wait and see. Personally I hate it and am hoping it fails and will never use the damn thing, but if Microsoft starts forcing Windows 8 into Windows 9, Windows 10, etc. What choice will there to be? We'll either be snuffed out or move on to something else and personally I'll probably have to suck it up if they do force it on everyone which they seem to want to do.
The best bet at correcting things wrong with Redmond always has and always will be, the market. So I'm praying for the worse, but it may not go that way.
I'm also hoping that it fails miserably for the same reasons. If this becomes the 'new' Windows UI from here on out, I'll be sticking with 7 until I'm forced to go to Linux or MacOS.
Don't worry, if this becomes the new UI on future versions on windows, I'm sure Apple will steal it for the MacOS
I think its more for the people who can barely navigate win 7, turn the computer on and such.
Think of a business with people who use the computer but only know the real simple basics. Now if its a few people, its not bad, but what if a company decided to upgrade 100 computers and they came with windows 8? ROFL
Poor tech support would drown.
The old way works just fine and is super easy to use also.
All users struggle with dramatically new interfaces when they're given no instructional resources on how to navigate those interfaces. What it really says of society today is that human beings are still human, who still must learn how to interact with things via the method of discovery, and little else.Watching adults struggle to use Windows 8, or any modern OS for that matter is sad and says a lot about society today.
It's a colorful, blocky mess that looks like it was designed by children. What was the point of this video again? Don't tell me you're one of the sheep, Steve...