Are you saying I have to run metro full screen 1.1 to have this functionally? Or will this work on my desktop? A little further explanation would be appreciated. I work in a desktop environment, not because I refuse to use something new and innovation does not scare me, but because to me metro is not a windows environment and I snap to more than a few things. If it is metro you suggest than that is not a workaround here but thanks. Regards
Microsoft left Desktop (and Win32) behind and implemented new app structure in Windows 8. It was modern and actually designed for today's mobile world. People hated it ,they don't want changes. I'm not saying that it was perfect, it lacked some basic functionality because it was a 1.0 product. They could have made it more functional but they had to release it in 2012. They are improving it and I'm looking forward for a 2.0 release. It might fix your problems. And a short answer for your question : yes, it only works in Modern environment. Desktop is a dumb thing from past.
There will be no major updates to 8.1, only incremental ones through through updates. We won't see any features in 8.1. Of course new features will be roll in W9.
That definitely made my day :flowers2: ... and i'm sending this from a dumb desktop though . Modern-UI is a multi-tasking nightmare.
I have yet to download anything from the Store. Anything I get is usually directly from the devs site.
just like when android was first released. going to take time for devs to catch up. also not everyone is using windows 8, so not really a big rush to push out apps.
Lacking features can be assumed a minor issue i guess, thinking more about a missing file explorer and multimonitor setups ... the ridiculous 'All Apps' view in Start Screen needs 4 times the monitor size of my Full-HD 27' main screen, where as the Start Menu has a nice flyout that opens subfolders while hovering my mouse over .
Modern UI is what happens when you're: a) Lazy to separate church from state err I mean mobile from desktop and; b) Think you know all and try to fix what ain't broken. Modern UI has no place on the desktop it's counter productive!
not only one I swear, I'm not using one single modernUI app since I got windows8. It's useless on a desktop and it looks ugly to me. Oh, and I hope they bring back the classic design for office PCs and older machines. Windows 7 was - just as "The Beatles - White Album" - a lucky punch but I bet it's hardly possible to repeat such a success.
I personally like the modern UI. It has been exaggerated by many people as though there is actually something wrong with it idea by Microsoft to have both at the initial time than having the classic desktop only. I think it is up to people to make the choice to either choose to use it or leave it. I like the transition it provide a touch-based system users and desktop as well. Often than none, I enjoy it on my ultrabooks which are more or less hybrids in nature. It is aesthetic unlike the desktop and give you that feeling of appreciation of modernity because of its appealing nature to the eyes. I have seen much of the classic desktop and it is becoming more boring by the end of the day. I am not always against something new, most especially, when it gives you the choice to choose. In this case, Microsoft has done something wonderful and people fail to migrate in huge number due to complacency which is not to be blame on the modern UI at all. Seriously, I would have stop using desktop if the modern UI is not plan to be brought into it as feature in Windows 9.
I think style and proportions of moderUI and desktop ist too different, on windows 8/8.1 it's also a permanent jump between two worlds if you're going to use modernUI apps. most likely it will get a better experience with win9 but it's really not that I'll love it as much as my widgets on win7. the widgets were rounded and seamless but the tiles are comprehensive awkward. regarding the touchscreen experience I'd say: if you had an ipad then you got a pretty perfect os experience for touch devices.
Modern UI for me is better then star menu. And yeah I also don't use windows 8 apps, but the start screen is cool, it's modern way to order you icons/shortcuts/tiles