No folder up button, annoying Ribbon/expolorer bar forced to use
Start Menu (or whatever it is called now) redesign sucks
No “Recent Documents” in Start Menu
Those Library folders suck
Search can't find anything (Bring back the dog)
Old programs still don't work
It is still bloatware
yeah. okay, I guess it does suck. /s
You don’t need a folder up button, the address bar can be used to get back to any folder in your chain, and if you use the arrow any of its subfolders other than the chain you’re in.
The Start Menu is basically the same, except for replacing the run box with the much more powerful search box.
Recent documents can be gotten to via the application in question, hit that arrow next to Word and there’s the recent document list
Libraries are little counter intuitive, but once you get used to them having all your main places to put stuff on the navigation bar is pretty handy
I’ve never had search not find anything that was there for it to find
All my old programs work, and if you actually have one that doesn’t make an XP virtual machine
Bloatware is what happens when people want tons of new features AND aren’t willing to get rid of any old features
There’s a few changes necessary in how you think, but once you get over that hump 7 is a pretty kick ass OS. The big change is stop thinking so linearly, they’ve finally put enough layers between the OS and its DOS root that thinking like DOS inhibits you. Which is where most of your complaints, especially the folder up button, come from. DOS is folder up, 7 is one click access to all folders in your chain, two clicks to get to the subfolders near your chain.