When Windows 8 First Came Out, I Never Understood People's Hatred Of Start and Live Tiles

Kinja'd!!! "PS9" (PS9)
09/29/2015 at 15:00 • Filed to: None

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...But now I see that was only because I wasn’t forced to use it. Damn does this thing ever suck balls.


DISCUSSION (15)


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:06

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Yeah, its mind blowingly bad. I cannot stand it.


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:09

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It's OK. IF you have a proper touch device.


Kinja'd!!! Tripper > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:09

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Download “start menu 8”. You can customize the start button so that it functions like win 7. It also allows you to switch off all of the windows 8 “hot corner/side” menus, boot straight to the desktop etc...


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:10

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I’ve tried it time and time again, and I have figured out how to use it, but I still hate it.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:13

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Wind0ws 10 FTW


Kinja'd!!! Jetstreamer > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:15

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Until you use it on a touchscreen device and experience one of the best touch interfaces ever. Yes I am serious. It kicks ass on devices like the Surface Pro’s thanks to all the swiping action and basically having everything within thumb reach even on big tablets.

But yeah, on anything without a touch screen it is ‘less than ideal’ at most.


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > Tripper
09/29/2015 at 15:18

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I’d recommend Classic Shell over Start Menu 8. Classic Shell does all the work for you and looks/works exactly like a Start Menu from Windows 7 or (for whatever reason) Windows Vista and also Windows 95.

Just, make sure you uninstall it before upgrading to Windows 10. Classic Shell no likey Windows 10.


Kinja'd!!! Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Tripper
09/29/2015 at 15:22

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I think 8.1 boots directly to the desktop. mine does...


Kinja'd!!! Svend > PS9
09/29/2015 at 15:45

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I had a laptop for two years which I only used maybe three dozen times as I hated Win8. Installed 8.1 and was slightly better and I mean slightly but since installing Win10, I’ve used my computer everyday (also because one of the others finally gave up the ghost after eight years, she stuck in there the old gal) and it feels more like Win7 and useable.


Kinja'd!!! Tripper > Mercedes Streeter
09/29/2015 at 15:47

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I had forgotten about classic shell. I work in an enterprise environment for the most part, so we decided to skip 8 and 8.1. I use win 10 for the tech savy, and I leave all of the dinosaurs on 7.


Kinja'd!!! gin-san - shitpost specialist > PS9
09/29/2015 at 16:38

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When I got my PC it came with 8.1 and it had a classic start menu built-in (although it seemed like it was an aftermarket add-on or something). In any case, it did the trick, and I almost never use the start menu anyways - I’d prefer to hit the Windows key and type in what I was looking for.

The free upgrade to 10 was excellent - in fact a couple of programs that didn't work on 8.1 started working on 10 for some reason.


Kinja'd!!! sebdel > Jetstreamer
09/29/2015 at 17:07

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That’s absolutely true, I wen back to 8.1 after a month on 10 because of the touchscreen.


Kinja'd!!! sebdel > PS9
09/29/2015 at 17:10

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8.1 it’s great ONLY if you have a touchscreen, so great I had to go back from 10.


Kinja'd!!! wiffleballtony > PS9
09/29/2015 at 17:17

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Whenever I am forced to use a Windows 8 PC, I click the start menu and the next 5 minutes staring blankly as I try to figure out how to find anything.


Kinja'd!!! wafflesnfalafel > PS9
09/29/2015 at 21:51

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walk a mile an another man’s moccasins...