Microsoft is not restyling Explorer/desktop. Now use it, deal with it, and figure it out.
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The Windows 8 OS is comprised of Windows Runtime (WinRT), the Start screen shell and its Metro-style environment.Īnd please, dear God, think about this for a moment: All of the system-level stuff-the full screen and toast-based notifications, the Switcher, the system-wide Back functionality, the Start experience and Start tip, and the Charms-are all Metro stuff. In fact, while this isn't technically true, conceptually, the desktop is just an app. Lost amid all the whining about not being able to boot into the desktop and not having the old Start button there either is a simple fact: The desktop is not the OS. And you can't do that by installing a third party utility that puts an old-school Start button on the Windows 8 desktop. Folks, it's time to grow a pair and actually test the new system, provide feedback to Microsoft, and see if you can actually learn to live with it. It's interesting to me how many people rushed out to download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and then, within minutes, suddenly needed a hack to get the old Start button back. I will not help you get the Start button back. But if you're intent on using it as if it were Windows 7, please, I'm begging you. And it needs to stop.Īll I'm looking for is a little common sense: Either test the Windows 8 Consumer Preview or don't. After all, you're a power user, right? But I am distressed at the absolute lack of sophistication I see here. I'm sort of amazed I need to communicate this. (You know, roughly speaking.) And as I write up front in my Windows books, maybe it's time I establish my expectations. I've been using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for over a week now, and have been listening to the bitching and moaning on Twitter and via email since, oh, about 6:45 am PT last Wednesday.