Posted on 09/16/2012 8:01:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Doubtful it’s what I’m looking for.
Here’s the problem with ctrl-key combinations: you have to use the keyboard. Any time I have to take my hand off the mouse and transfer it to the keyboard (except when I have to actually type a text string) and then transfer it back to the mouse, I’ve been defeated. I’ve been WAY slowed down on the work I do. I want to just click, click, click and NEVER EVER touch the keyboard for anything other than typing.
I’m a true power user and if you talk to any other true power user, they’ll probably tell you the same thing.
LOL!
I noticed that you didn’t deny my assertion that obviously you’re not a power PC user. Instead, you just ranted and raved.
You say you write code, and having to touch the keyboard slows you down. Really? Hmmm, I write code too, and my hands are typically on the keyboard so the CTRL-Key functions work very well for me. Every "power user" I've ever met in my career has been keyboard centric and typically abhor's using a mouse to switch windows, much less requiring it's use to 'write code.'
BTW: What kind of coder simply clicks the mouse to write code without hardly ever having to touch the keyboard? I may need to switch.
Right. I think that's the fourth time you've made that statement on this thread. Not sure what your definition of a "true power user" is, but most "true power users" I know don't have to brag, they have confidence in their skills and are highly adaptable to learning and exploiting new environments in their craft.
If you're anything in I.T. you know it's a "change or die" environment. Some change, some die. Some assert four times on a thread that they're "true power users" as if that makes them better than everyone else while they whine about not being able to adapt to a new environment.
Change or die. Either way, move on.
I’m running full Enterprise version Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Datacenter version on several dozen machines now, and I love it!
Practical and modern, fast, reliable (haven’t had a crash yet - since install on Aug 16 and Sep 4, respectively).
The Start Page (formerly known as Metro) can be modified and any program, application, administrative tool, control panel and associated item, etc can be put there for instant access.
My monitors are all HP 22” Touch screens, beautiful but I have one big, big problem: The Bezel is too deep and my finger too large to activate the pixels that do the swipe commands, so I have to use the mouse. If you’re going to go to touch screens, make sure they have no bezel, just a smooth surface like a tablet.
Windows 8 can do Hyper-V!!! I actually have virtual machines running on it that are themselves running Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Server 2012, and Red Hat Linux Fedora 17. I have 16GB of RAM and a six-core processor on my main machine—wish I could add more RAM but I am maxxed out. This OS and Machine is a Geek’s dream machine. Ultimate developer and tester of all things.
You obviously have a problem with comprehension. I never said you couldn’t adapt. My comments were from my experience over the past week with the Metro interface and the absence of the Start button.
But you have too thin a skin to discuss this further. Coupled with a high opinion of yourself, it makes further discussion unwanted. Goodbye.
I have to agree with your assessment of Win8. It runs better and uses fewer resources. My only real issue has been the shutdown problem I noted in my first post. BTW, the Metro interface can be turned off. I haven’t, but I saw posts through Google on how to do it.
“Obviously youre not a professional, power PC user. I am. I program for a living. I open dozens of programs dozens of times each during development. No way, no shape, no form does Metro UI allow that quickly.”
This was your assertion. I told you all the ways to quickly open these “dozens” of programs you supposedly use in one day. 2/3 of that are already existing methods while the third, pressing the windows key and typing the name of the program, works the same way as it does with the current Start menu.
And yes I do use a number of programs myself, SDKs as well as graphics programs on windows 8 without a meltdown.
Then again, I’m able to embrace new tech far easily than some.
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