I couldn't agree more. I makes me want to strangle someone when Microsoft hides or completely eliminates a basic tool that its users have become comfortable with, and very reliant upon.
I mean, what the hell? Why can't the search function be right where it used to be, and worse yet, why make it so doggone hard to find? And, when you finally do find it, it's not half the search tool that we used to have in XP.
Arrrrgggghhhhh....! *****
The trouble with new program/OS applications is that the programmer "Weenies" think that their changes are "Neat-o Keen" ...
Their reasoning is that the end user will get used to the changes.
I had the same problem with the Management Information Systems [MIS] Department when I worked for MCI. I had responsibility for a specialized mainframe program that had been written for my department.
It seemed like every time I requested a specific upgrade, MIS would either NOT give me what I requested, or would ALSO give me changes that I DID NOT request [or they would do both]. MIS called these upgrades "features". It would then take me MONTHS to get the upgraded application straightened out.
I took to calling them Miserable Incompetant Symps" ...
What programmers NEED to realize is that they should KEEP the features that end-users like, shit-can the ones they hate - and offer new optional capabilities that the end-user can opt-in for AFTER trying them out ...
That's some arrogant and back-asswards reasoning on their part. All they're doing is upsetting their customers. It's a fundamental error that large businesses have been committing for decades.
Remember when Coca Cola up and decided to toss out their classic formula for "New Coke"? That failure to survey their public nearly cost them the company. That famous debacle is even taught in business schools today, as an example of what happens when you forget to ask your customers what they most need and want in your product.
One thing that I do miss from XP was the graphical representation of Windows defragmenting my drive.
Under XP, I had a good idea as to how far along it is, but with Windows 7, I can’t really tell until it is finished.
They should have left that alone.