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    Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    According to Bit-tech

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    AFT .... About Flipping Time.

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    Not really, all it will do is go straight to the desktop, if you hate metro that much, you'll still need a start screen replacement!

    Also this has already been by-passed by a 3rd party replacement for the start menu. It's a classic non-story. An extrapolation from some assessment of software based on a report somewhere someone read once, exactly what I'd expect from Bit-Tech.
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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    It's all speculation, either way, about exactly what happens if the switch is thrown.

    And I do hate Metro that much. All I want out of Win 8 is for it to work, UI-wise, like Win 7, desktop and classic start menu. And ideally, do it without having to use 3rd party tools.

    Now if, and I stress IF MS have come to their senses and realised that, seeing as we can do it with third-party tools, we're going to do it whether they like it or not, and that we're simply not going to just dance to the MS tune and all adopt Metro, then maybe, they've worked out it's best to let US decide what UI we want, and that shoving a change down our throats is, first, not going to work, and second, causes anger and resentment.

    Given a choice between W8 and Metro, or W7 and not upgrading, I'll stick with W7. Third party tools are a possibility, but a pain. The choice SHOULD be provided by MS, and if this suggests it's going to be, then .... AFT. But I do note that it is an "if" .... and it's not just bit-tech saying it. A number of sites are, along with comments on a change of tone, and a slightly more humble one at that, from MS.

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    I like the majority of Windows 8, it's had nice changes at it's core, but the start menu thing was stupid. They said people had too many items in their start menu, but the new metro start, if you look at it's all programs list, is about 10 pages long as it displays everything as before, but this time in giant font in giant buttons, and it's not a LOT harder to find a specific program in it. I keep my PC pretty sparse and even then my all apps page is over 6 pages long, (the main issue being it does not collapse them into folders like Win 7, but shows everything).

    And this is ignoring the fact they built it as a touch screen system for the average user. Anyone who uses a PC for work, your arm would fall off if you were to use it as a touch screen for 8 hours straight. So mouse and keyboard should really be priority, and giant touch screen mode should be an optional extra.

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    I look forward to all these people who boot to desktop and then immediately open the start screen to launch a program.

    What a step forward!

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    Quote Originally Posted by Willzzz View Post
    I look forward to all these people who boot to desktop and then immediately open the start screen to launch a program.

    What a step forward!
    Depends on how you use it - if most of your favourite items are on the desktop / pinned to the taskbar then no they won't be.

    Personally I thought that Win 8 would be terrible, but after buying a new laptop with it on I decided to give it a chance before wiping it off and putting on Windows 7. I must say that I have grown to really like some of the new features. I tend to be a big hotkey user anyway, so things like Win+Q to search for programs and the like make it really quick to use.

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    I was a bit sceptical of Windows 8 at first especially as I wanted to go straight to the desktop. After picking the desktop tile for about a week of use my laptop started to go to the desktop anyway about 2 seconds after the Metro screen came up without having to click it!

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    Re: Windows 8.1 could allow for Start Screen bypass

    I installed Win8 on a friends computer and it went straight to desktop on a clean install, weird!

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