njiska wrote:The problem isn't so much that the Start Menu no longer exists, as it is that everything I used to know how to find under the start menu has been shuffled around and moved to drastically different locations. Just finding a simple option like Shut Down took close to 20 minutes. In order to find it you have to open the charms hotbar on the right, then select settings, than click power. To me that is non-intuitive. Why is shutdown under settings? It is not a setting. The same problem happens when trying to find an application, seldom used or otherwise.
The biggest issue I have is that nothing is intuitive and some of the locations for items are actually counter intuitive if you've ever used a computer before. If there was a simple tutorial that explained the changes, like you get with an OS X upgrade, it would make all the difference in the world. That and the more I look at the Metro start screen, the uglier I find it.
Ex-Cyber wrote:The search only covers "apps" by default (or did in the Developer Preview). You have to click a separate button to search control panels and so on, which I find pretty annoying. For example, in Vista/7 you can just hit the Windows key and start typing "Device" to get to Device Manager. In Windows 8, Device Manager won't come up because it's a "settings" item and not an "app".
I had no idea about that and I hope they do fix that since it is a clear regression compared to the Windows 7 Search Bar (which can index your whole hard drive if you want) but I don't think we should expect some kind of tutorial on a Consumer Preview.
This "hidden" shut down button is definitely strange. I can't see the reasoning behind that (besides it not being really problematic on a tablet)...
AFAICT, pinning sucks (buttons move around if window titles are enabled, scripts can't be directly pinned, some programs don't pin correctly). I still use the Quick Launch bar, which somehow works fine despite Microsoft's claims that it no longer exists.
I never had any problem with pinning, but I don't enable the window titles because its behavior is really weird... It tries to group together all the same windows, leaving pinned icons in the middle and it just feels wrong. I ended up getting used to the hover mechanism to access other windows when needed. And it is nice that you can close those you don't need anymore with a middle click.
