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How Would You Change Windows 9?

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-weekly-borg dept.

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: 1) by emg on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:18PM

    by emg (3464) on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:18PM (#9690)

    But, uh, lots of laptops now come with touchscreens that I'm never going to use. Why should I be forced to use a stupid touchscreen interface that I don't want, just because the laptop manufacturer forced me to buy a touchscreen I didn't want?

    And the idea of my grandmother making an informed decision whether to use Metro is just insane. She'd be on the phone to me asking what she should do, or enable Metro by mistake and then be on the phone asking how the hell she gets Windows back.

  • (Score: 1) by tirefire on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:42PM

    by tirefire (3414) on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:42PM (#9699)

    Why should I be forced to use a stupid touchscreen interface that I don't want, just because the laptop manufacturer forced me to buy a touchscreen I didn't want?

    Read my post again. You'd only be forced to use it ONCE, to press the button on the hypothetical Metro screen that says (in so many words), "Get this Metro shit outta my face and don't ever let me see it again". Then the system goes to the desktop and you can ignore the touch interface and use the laptop's trackpad and/or clitmouse... like God intended.

    Is it really that objectionable to be required to use a touch interface once, when you're first setting up a Windows install?