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CowboyTeal writes:
"Windows 8 is still being disputed as either the product of a genius or a nerdy sadist but that doesn't mean Windows 9 isn't in the works. That said, how would you guys improve Windows if you could change anything about it? Has windows 8 improved or degraded your overall experience of the Windows platform? If you're not a Windows user, what features would you like to see in Windows for possible assimilation?"
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Dunbal on Sunday March 02 2014, @01:03PM
The touch screen may be here to stay, but just like finger painting (which is also here to stay), it should be limited to its special place in kindergarten or grade school art class and not forced onto everyone for everyday tasks. People don't realize that touch screens are actually a step backwards from highly specialized and precise selection/pointing devices to, well, poking stuff about with your finger. While this has the advantage that my dog could probably use one by poking a screen with her nose, it's actually far less efficient.
Anyway I'd fix Windows 9 by re-releasing Windows 7, only with all the vulnerabilities fixed. But fat chance of that happening...
(Score: 3, Funny) by mattyk on Sunday March 02 2014, @04:56PM
> ... touch screens are actually a step backwards from highly specialized ...
> and precise selection/pointing devices
Except for multi-touch. A friend made a passing comment to me once, probably back in the '95 days, about how if you had two mice you could grab opposite corners of a window to resize it. The concept of two pointers has stuck with me for all these years. So that's what I'd add to Windows: a second mouse.
_MattyK_
(Score: 1) by tangomargarine on Monday March 03 2014, @10:07PM
I feel like we could probably emulate that functionality with a few well-placed modifier keys...some DEs already supports holding Alt and grabbing anywhere on the window to move it around. E.g., hold Window key/Super, click and drag in one of the four window quadrants to resize that corner?
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