| I guess I got lucky with that one, right? I mean, who would think to go into the account settings and scroll to the bottom of a side-panel with no scroll bars to find a button called 'Remove Account'? Even the videos I was finding on YouTube were showing a way to get a 'Delete' button to show up in the Account list somehow. I mean, imagine, I have to search on YouTube for a video describing how to delete a mail account on Win8. That's just pathetic. I've used very little Win8, because it literally triggers an unhealthy physiological response in me for some reason. But the few things I've tried have been mind-numbingly painful. The whole 'Microsoft Account' thing after initial install of Win8.1 was very user hostile. I think I had to click Cancel like 7 times before it finally just let me login to my own machine. In Win7 I start all programs by clicks Start, typing a few letters, and clicking Enter. That sometimes works in Win8, but often you type the name of a program and the auto-complete suggestions are just complete utter Rubbish?! I installed MegaRAID testing a new SAS setup, and I'm trying to see; "Show me the start folder with all the MegaRAID apps". In Win7, you type 'Mega' and boom you see them all. In Win8, I had to hunt for them in the ridiculous tile view because it just wouldn't show in the auto-complete. (probably it hadn't "Indexed" them yet or something). Then there was the experience with the Camera app. I was trying to record some video, and it would tell me absolutely nothing about why it wasn't working. Apps from the "Store" likewise failed (btw, their store was incredibly frustrating to search for something like 'Video recording' if you sorted by anything but Relevance then results were completely crap). I quick Googled for some Win7 freeware and of course it worked perfectly. Then there's the massive cognitive dissonance between Metro and Windows. I'm just constantly hammering Windows-D to try to get back to sanity. The Metro apps hide all scroll and title panes, so just minimizing the window is an act of waiting for UI elements to appear. I mean, the OS is called fucking "Windows" and they eliminated the entire concept of a window. It's just mind blowing. Like, try to get into IP settings to change your IP address. I think each successive version of Windows has to add at least 2 clicks to the sequence required to view or change your IP. It's easier to go to command prompt now. I never understood what that weird Network panel thing is supposed to even be showing me? Why do I need half my screen to list a single network adapter? And they give it so much space but include absolutely no useful details, just a big block of some randomly chosen solid color and absolutely no affordances for what to click next? Again it just seems they are building an OS for people who don't know what a mouse is. I'm sure they would remove the entire Control Panel if they thought they could get away with it. |
I lot of the auto-complete is learned behavior. Use it enough and it figures out what you generally want to use given the keys you enter. Win7 is probably working better because you use it more.
Then there's the massive cognitive dissonance between Metro and Windows. I'm just constantly hammering Windows-D to try to get back to sanity. The Metro apps hide all scroll and title panes, so just minimizing the window is an act of waiting for UI elements to appear. I mean, the OS is called fucking "Windows" and they eliminated the entire concept of a window. It's just mind blowing.
Then don't use Metro apps? Ignore the Windows Store and Win8 functions the same as Win7.