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In message , knuttle 
 writes:
>On 12/22/2012 10:17 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:54:56 -0500, knuttle
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> I am not against new things in the operating system. In fact I was using
>>> OS/2 when most people were extolling the virtue of the first version of
>>> Windows. Why because it was far superior to Windows.

In your opinion. (Which Windows are you talking about - 3.1 [or even 
earlier], or the '9x series [95/98/Me]?)
>>>
>>> I gladly upgraded to XP as it was based on part of the code that made
>>> OS/2 far superior and stable.

So you accepted the new when it meant it wasn't new to you (-:.
>>>
>>> However, why should I get excited about upgrading to a system that
>>> assumes I am using a touch screen on my computer?
>>
>> That explains a lot about your attitude. You seem to have completely
>> ignored the multiple mentions of being able to avoid the modern UI and
>> using a standard desktop.
>>
>
>Blinded by your opinion, you missed the hole point of what I wrote

No, he has made the point I was about to make: most (not all) of the W8 
knockers do seem to be people whose hatred of the new interface has 
blinded them to the fact that you can turn it off.

The W8 designers wanted to introduce a new way of working: it might 
appear to be designed for touch screens, though there is more to it than 
_just_ that. They also provided something similar to the old desktop. 
They had to choose _one_ of them as the default; they _do_ provide an 
actual button on it to change to the other one, so it isn't really 
difficult. Which one they chose was probably a toss-up: their choice 
might have been swayed by a combination of actually wanting 8 to appear 
different, and getting people to try the new way. (If they'd made the 
old one the default, the majority of both old and new users would never 
have tried the new one, at least for long enough to give it a fair try.)

It may well be that the new way _is_ not a good one, but new things have 
to be tried, or we'd never get anywhere (this new way of making marks on 
flattened plant material - I'll stay with my clay tablets, thank you). 
The only way to truly evaluate it, however, would be to poll new users - 
people who'd never had a computer before (which must be getting hard to 
find now!) - along with similarly new users of, say, 7.

(FWIW, I have no intention of moving from XP at the moment; however, 
I've played with 7 for long enough that I think I could live with it. I 
haven't played with 8 nearly enough.)
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

No, I haven't changed my mind - I'm perfectly happy with the one I have, thank
you.
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