Actually, it is very simple to figure out.
And, Windows 8 is actually simpler to figure out than someone who starts out new with Windows 7 or XP.
The UI, or user interface, is simpler than what you found on Windows before, and, if you’re brand new to computers, and you started using Windows 8, you’d probably start wondering why people did things the old way with XP and Win7. It’s that much simpler and intuitive.
But, perhaps it is hard for old dogs to learn new tricks, but the tricks in Windows 8 are not that hard. IN fact, it’s a lot easier to use Windows 8 than learning how to use a new smartphone you’ve never used before, yet people don’t complain as much when they pick up a new smartphone.
BTW, I’ve been around computers since the late 1960s, starting out with the IBM mainframes, and I also worked with just about every mainframe and mini-computer that there was. I learned them all and learning new things wasn’t as much a chore as a challenge to want to learn new things.
I’m all for simplicity, and to me, the way Windows 8 does things, is the way it should’ve been from the beginning. The problem from the beginning is that, people didn’t have touch screens which required the new OS and the simplicity of the new “UI”.
It’s all a matter of tastes, and the willingness to put in a bit of time to learn some new things or new ways.
I clicked on mail and got a screen that would not let me do anything nor get back to the what ever you call that opening page. Desktop was hidden and when I finally found it everything was wrong there also. No manual, not a hint on how this monstrosity was supposed to work, That is not simple to me. It is kinda like getting lost in a big city. I liked Fortran. Basic was simple. Word star and calkstar were simple. I suspect that if I was an kid paying games it would be simple. I prefer being lost in the woods than trying to figure someones “better idea”.
Progress: bigger and better mistakes.
Actually, it is very simple to figure out.
When I bought a new truck I got in and drove off. I did not have to relearn any main function. Things were different but not functionally. I did not have to learn a new language. It did not take me of somewhere I had not seen and did not know the way back. Some call things like that nightmares. I really felt betrayed.