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Comment by RyanMcGreal | Hacker News Reader

It's hard to ignore something when you are forced to click past it every time you start up your computer.

It takes about 20-30 seconds to remove all the preinstalled metro apps from the start screen. By the time you have installed the usual programs like VLC they will grab all the file associations and you will never see Metro again, unless you want to.

As I understand it, this is not true.

Personally, I like to hit the windows key, type "fi", and hit enter to start Firefox. On Win7 this is a pleasant experience, on Win8 I feel like I'm being punched in the face by a wall of colour.

I almost exclusively launch programs in Windows 7 and 8 by pressing the start button and typing the name of the program. I've found Windows 8 to be better at finding the right program, and a lot better at finding settings when I want to change them (although I would prefer it if they displayed apps and settings on the same page).

I can see how some people would prefer the old menu in the corner to the full screen, but personally I think the full screen is better.

I'm not sure what part of my comment you are saying isn't true?

> (although I would prefer it if they displayed apps and settings on the same page)

this is coming in 8.1, thankfully.

Source?

http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/blue-s-clues-new-search-ex...

It takes one keypress to get to the desktop.

I'm on Windows 7. It takes one click to postpone the update for four hours. And yet every four hours I get angry at Microsoft for a minute because of this.

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