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I don't understand why so many people think a small text menu is better than a full page customizable selection screen with decent built-in search...

by dykesa 13y ago

CamperBob2 13y ago
It's called "mental context." Also, what kind of drugs does one need to ingest to make it seem like a good idea to enforce UI conventions optimized for 4" cell phones on a user with a pair of 30" desktop monitors? Are we talking plant-based alkaloids, aromatic hydrocarbons, or what?
- xerophtye 13y ago
  I guess it's a person to person thing. I am still on win7 and i usually have a lot of windows open, and i rarely ever browse through the start menu. What i usually do is press the windows button, and start typing the name of the program i wanna use. OR I press win+D to get straight to the desktop (a full screen menu consisting of things i frequently use) and choose from there. So for someone like me, isn't the Metro Start menu good design? It has both the type-to-search thing and a full screen menu of icons i usually use. Look i admit it seemed a little intimidating when i first saw it. Heck we have been using the start menu for more than a decade! It's almost part of our DNA now, so seeing the entire screen change in place of a menu is.... unexpected. But is it really that bad? Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu?
  - CamperBob2 13y ago
    What i usually do is press the windows button, and start typing the name of the program i wanna use. This debate was settled when Windows replaced MS-DOS. Most users do not want to remember, or type, the names of the programs they want to use. Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu? Yes, frequently.
    - xerophtye 13y ago
      Then you are simply a different user type. Btw I presume from the bit about ms dos that you dont llike shells. But thats ur preference
      - CamperBob2 13y ago
        No, I live at the Windows command prompt, pretty much. But like you said, I'm a different user type. The difference between me and the people at Microsoft is that I understand that there are different user types. None of which asked for their desktop PC to behave more like their cell phone.
        xerophtye 13y ago
        Exactly. That was the big mistake behind windows 8. Their "one interface for all devices" idea. We didnt WANT same interface on all devices

I don't understand why so many people think a small text menu is better than a full page customizable selection screen with decent built-in search...

by dykesa 13y ago

I don't understand why so many people think a small text menu is better than a full page customizable selection screen with decent built-in search...

CamperBob2 13y ago

It's called "mental context." Also, what kind of drugs does one need to ingest to make it seem like a good idea to enforce UI conventions optimized for 4" cell phones on a user with a pair of 30" desktop monitors? Are we talking plant-based alkaloids, aromatic hydrocarbons, or what?

xerophtye 13y ago
I guess it's a person to person thing. I am still on win7 and i usually have a lot of windows open, and i rarely ever browse through the start menu. What i usually do is press the windows button, and start typing the name of the program i wanna use. OR I press win+D to get straight to the desktop (a full screen menu consisting of things i frequently use) and choose from there. So for someone like me, isn't the Metro Start menu good design? It has both the type-to-search thing and a full screen menu of icons i usually use. Look i admit it seemed a little intimidating when i first saw it. Heck we have been using the start menu for more than a decade! It's almost part of our DNA now, so seeing the entire screen change in place of a menu is.... unexpected. But is it really that bad? Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu?
- CamperBob2 13y ago
  What i usually do is press the windows button, and start typing the name of the program i wanna use. This debate was settled when Windows replaced MS-DOS. Most users do not want to remember, or type, the names of the programs they want to use. Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu? Yes, frequently.
  - xerophtye 13y ago
    Then you are simply a different user type. Btw I presume from the bit about ms dos that you dont llike shells. But thats ur preference
    - CamperBob2 13y ago
      No, I live at the Windows command prompt, pretty much. But like you said, I'm a different user type. The difference between me and the people at Microsoft is that I understand that there are different user types. None of which asked for their desktop PC to behave more like their cell phone.
      - xerophtye 13y ago
        Exactly. That was the big mistake behind windows 8. Their "one interface for all devices" idea. We didnt WANT same interface on all devices