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In reply to the discussion: Windows 8 [View all]Occulus
(20,599 posts)107. Oh yes, gestures with a mouse don't work if they're complex
I tried the "picture password" with Win8 and abandoned it quickly because doing that with a mouse makes no sense at all. That said, those pop-in bars on the sides of the screen do make sense, because you're only moving the mouse in two directions, at specific points on the screen.
If it happened every time, everywhere in Win8, I'd go nuts.
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Think of it this way: you know people who have three dozen unsorted icons on their desktop?
Occulus
Dec 2012
#69
If you exist solely in the desktop, as opposed to the start page, there's very very little differece
Occulus
Dec 2012
#98
I can already search for applications in Windows 7, with its start menu search, and its only...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#103
Sounds to me like, except for a few under the hood updates in optimization in Windows 8...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#115
I swear, that interface reminds me of a LCARS desktop replacement I tried on...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#89
Yeah, my quicklaunch taskbar has 2 items on it, web browser, file browser...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#95
Getting to the calculator and notepad each took less than three seconds just now
Occulus
Dec 2012
#74
Pinning everything into one, cluttered string of applications is hardly organized.
randome
Dec 2012
#18
Not for most users who use it in business. In addition you launch programs in charms, they
still_one
Dec 2012
#37
Bring up store, travel, sports video, maps, etc. show me where the x is? The only way to close
still_one
Dec 2012
#61
I should have to use an accelerator key to close a window. This is not a good os
still_one
Dec 2012
#70
Mouse Gestures?!?! Didn't those go the way of the Dodo in 2004? I remember...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#96
There's a difference between touch screens and mouse and keyboard...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#105
They have apps such as win8 start button which are free and you can get from cnet.com, but that
still_one
Dec 2012
#33
Microsoft screwed up big time. Windows 8 doesn't know if it is a mobile device or computer, and it
still_one
Dec 2012
#31
I couldn't even stand Ubuntu with its "Unity" interface, but at least it gave me an option...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2012
#92