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stmuk writes:
"BGR reflects on recent comments by a Metro designer. 'Metro is a content consumption space,' Microsoft UX designer Jacob Miller explains, 'It is designed for casual users who only want to check Facebook, view some photos, and maybe post a selfie to Instagram. It's designed for your computer illiterate little sister, for grandpas who don't know how to use that computer dofangle thingy, and for mom who just wants to look up apple pie recipes. It's simple, clear, and does one thing (and only one thing) relatively easily. That is what Metro is. It is the antithesis of a power user.'"
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:14AM
A few things can help:
Disable the charms and corner hotspots. It will drive people nuts.
Show people the Windows key + X, Windows key + C, Windows key + E
Show people that after hitting the Windows key they can type text to search for programs.
Tell people that they don't have to signup for a Microsoft account.
Show people how to get out of Metro screens using alt-tab and alt-F4
If you can, install classic shell or an alternate file explorer.
Disable or uninstall the default Metro apps.
(Score: 1) by tangomargarine on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:16PM
What's Windows+E for? Execrate? If I had a function to send angry letters to Microsoft from my desktop that I knew the head honchos were forced to read, I would totally do it.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"