Windows 10

[EarthBound 2]

I think windows 8.1 is windows 9.

 

[Nathan Drake]

It's just...there whenever I type calc I didn't install any additional shit or anything, besides Classic Shell of course.

wtf Windows. Whenever I run calculator, it defaults to the app. This is one reason I honestly can't wait to see Metro fall into the background. It's stupid.

 

[Foxi4]

wtf Windows. Whenever I run calculator, it defaults to the app. This is one reason I honestly can't wait to see Metro fall into the background. It's stupid.

Make a shortcut or tile to %windir%\system32\calc.exe if you don't have one and you're set. That, or grab the full screen calculator by the top of the window, drag it to the dock, adjust the width to your liking and compute as usual, as seen in the screenshot I provided earlier.

 

[Nathan Drake]

Make a shortcut or tile to %windir%\system32\calc.exe if you don't have one and you're set. That, or grab the full screen calculator by the top of the Window, drag it to the dock, adjust the width to your liking and compute as usual, as seen in the screenshot I provided earlier.

That sounds like a lot of work to make something that functioned properly in earlier versions of Windows work as would be desired in a current version.

 

[Foxi4]

That sounds like a lot of work to make something that functioned properly in earlier versions of Windows work as would be desired in a current version.

It works as desired by default on my copy of Windows, as it does on Tom's, I'm afraid that yours is f*cked up for whatever reason. Besides, I'm merely telling you how to dock Metro apps, you don't have to do that, you can just use the old desktop version just fine.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I...can't even find the metro version of the Calculator

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Both of those are just the desktop calculator.

 

[Foxi4]

I...can't even find the metro version of the Calculator

Maybe it got borked when you installed Classic Shell or you uninstalled the app, I have both:

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[Tom Bombadildo]

Maybe it got borked when you installed Classic Shell or you uninstalled the app, I have both:

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When I search in Metro it comes up, but not with Classic Shell

Interesting...anyways, off topic things are off topic >.>

 

[nl255]

It's just...there whenever I type calc I didn't install any additional shit or anything, besides Classic Shell of course.

Presumably when you use Classic Shell if there is both a desktop and Metro version of an app it defaults to the desktop one.

Maybe it got borked when you installed Classic Shell or you uninstalled the app, I have both:

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Or defaulting to the desktop version of the app when there are two versions is the intended behavior of Classic Shell, which would make sense.

 

[finkmac]

Another neat-looking update. The start screen thing looks like it's way more useful than the old start menu (I'm aware it was introduced in v8)…
I use the OS X launchpad quite a bit, having apps a gesture/button press + letter away will be quite handy.

I don't see anything about a native SSH client, though. Come on, Microsoft… Focus on the important things! CopyPaste in the shell, but no SSH?


Something about better gestures… Give me more gestures! Gestures for everything… maybe

Kinda funny to see people clinging to Windows 7. Silly, Windows 7 doesn't have a start SCREEN…
XP users? Still? XP EOL was months ago! Using XP is like not having a door on your house at this point.

 

[BORTZ]

Lets keep the double posting to a minimum please, thanks.

 

[vayanui8]

I'll probably upgrade my win 8 laptop to 10. I dot care for 8 much so I might as well try it out

 

[nl255]

Lets keep the double posting to a minimum please, thanks.

Well then when I am responding to more that one person which one do I reply to? Unfortunately there is no multi-reply option available like on some other boards so you have to pick one which means the rest won't get notified of the reply.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Well then when I am responding to more that one person which one do I reply to? Unfortunately there is no multi-reply option available like on some other boards so you have to pick one which means the rest won't get notified of the reply.

Lets keep the double posting to a minimum please, thanks.

When I search in Metro it comes up, but not with Classic Shell

Interesting...anyways, off topic things are off topic >.>

Hit the reply button on more than 1 post.

 

[codezer0]

The thing I don't like with Windows 8 is how it is really stupid about trying to hide everything behind the scenes. Considering I usually have a great variety of games on my pc at nearly all times, including older titles that need to have certain files shuffled about in their program directories, 8's attempts to keep that access obtuse or hidden from me comes off as condescending.

It's one reason I also bought an X-Fi card when I did. I needed something that could properly support not just OpenAL, but could then properly handle DirectSound/EAX games (with ALchemy), which at the time no other sound card was capable of doing in Windows Vista/7. To date, I still don't know if any of the competitors have proper support for the old stuff yet, when it's been proven possible that way.

 

[nl255]

On the subject of Windows 8: I have it. It's okay. I honestly prefer 7 better simply because I'm used to it. I don't hate 8 though since I installed classic shell and basically turned it back into Windows 7, just with annoying full screen shit like the calculator that was infinitely more convenient when it was small and not built for a touchscreen interface. Are apps interesting? Sure. Can the Metro UI be somewhat practical in a desktop environment? Of course. Does that mean we should continually bludgeon consumers with features meant for touch devices on an OS meant to be controlled with mouse and keyboard? Probably not. No matter how you slice it, 8/8.1 is primarily built for tablets and Windows phones with the actual PC OS seemingly being an afterthought when they realized they should probably push something out that direction too. It's not pretty. It's not convenient. It doesn't help that I literally use like, five programs regularly that are always sitting right in the start menu, keeping my actual desktop clean, and making it so I don't have to navigate through a secondary UI just to launch one thing in a fashion that will ultimately save me absolutely zero time.

If you like Metro, more power to you, but much like those who enjoy Final Fantasy XIII had to figure out, most people hate it (or at the least find it less convenient) and will never, ever agree with you.

As for 9, or I guess 10, I read a bit about it a couple days back, and I like that it will be smarter. Instead of being uniform across platforms in functionality, if I'm remembering correctly because I didn't watch the video and have no idea if it was mentioned, the OS will essentially enable and disable things like the Metro UI to be more device appropriate. It should be less "FULL SCREEN APPS FOR EVERY BASIC FUNCTION WE CAN MUSTER" and more manageable. As well, I read some rumor or another that said the president of Microsoft India or something said that the new OS would be a free upgrade to all of those on Windows 8. If that's true, I have nothing but praise for Windows here. They've listened to the majority of the consumer base, they've still stuck to what they wanted as well, and they're releasing an update that should work well for everybody. In the long run, I still find Windows to be the most convenient OS to use, especially as a student and gamer, and I can appreciate when they act like a good company.

Well most likely Windows 10.1 (or Windows 11) will let you go both ways. In other words, in addition to the desktop only mode (with Metro apps running in a normal desktop window) added to 10 there will also be a Metro only mode where all your desktop apps will run as if they were Metro apps (along with the current Windows 8 hybrid mode). Seems like the next logical step.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

If the update from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 being free is true as the rumour goes then there'll be a lot of people jumping to the newer version.

By this time around Microsoft knows that people like to have the traditional UI so they'll have that for those who want it, so there won't really be much of a fuss unlike it happened with Windows 8.0 edition.

 

[Flame]

If the update from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 being free is true as the rumour goes then there'll be a lot of people jumping to the newer version.

By this time around Microsoft knows that people like to have the traditional UI so they'll have that for those who want it, so there won't really be much of a fuss unlike it happened with Windows 8.0 edition.

the rumour are windows 8 users will get it for free... windows 7 users will have to pay. Microsoft is one of the richest companies in the world.. they know how to make money.

 

[Vengenceonu]

the rumour are windows 8 users will get it for free... windows 7 users will have to pay. Microsoft is one of the richest companies in the world.. they know how to make money.

The rumour didn't explicitly say window 7 users would have to pay, it didnt mention them at all so people assumed they would have to pay. New rumors have been circulating that It will be free for windows 8 users and windows XP users (To get them off that OS) and 7 users will get a discount.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Aw, that sucks.

It also reminds me that Xbox Video on Windows 7 is visible in Standard Definition only but on Windows 8 you can actually watch it in High Definition.

There isn't much use of Xbox Video outside a few digital rarities it has.