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Are you a practitioner of the keyboard shortcut navigation system? Windows 8 offers some very useful keyboard shortcuts, especially those tied to the Windows Key - have been using them?
I wouldn't be able to use Windows 8 without shortcut keys, but there is a problem with the Tools menu shortcuts. Many of these tools are useless unless you run them as an Administrator. If you normally run as a Standard user, as I think you should, you can't start them as an Administrator from the Tools menu. So I've trained myself to go to the Start Screen first when I want to use one of those tools. So much for Microsoft's ludicrous Tools menu substitute for a Start Menu.
I just love Windows 8 all those key combinations remind me of the old times in Unix world
The Great thing about keyboard shortcuts is that its a more ergonomic way to navigate the OS (without manhandling the keyboard LOL). The ones that I find myself using often are the Windows+D, Windows+R, and Windows+L, Alt+Tab or Shift+Right[b/] key in IE or Windows Exlorer. Another useful thing is that you could create your own key shortcuts for any particular program or application and then defining the keys to use, like the Runas program or opening an application up like a VMware client console
@imulo, they're putting us back to stone age........ LOL
Just kidding, I love it.
Just kidding, I love it.
I've been using those same "top 5" shortcuts since XP and that's the first thing I tried on Windows 8 to be able to get around. That said, I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to use Windows 8.
I do love the look of it.
I do love the look of it.
I guess it depends on the size of your screen. On my big screen the first Win 8 tile set has the common operations that you show as shortcuts and the most common applications. The second tile set has anything personal. I use the approach of hitting the Win key and typing what I want for anything else.
I dont understand the point of Metro . While I like the perfromance of windows 8 it its not really condusive to productivity especially for its number intended purpose which was Touch. The metro while nice is really an attraction piece more than anything and should of just put in windows RT only. for the real who like to work and be productive give us our desktop and make it work for touch. Windows 7 could of been used for tablets you just had some terrible tablets that did not develop good touch drivers for it like the dell latitude XT tablet./laptop. it recognizes touch when ever it feels like it however Samsung, acer and asus have some great windows 7 tbalets which work very well.
It's not a new touch system that supports Windows 8.
Touch is like cruise control on your car. There are times where it would come in handy if you had it but you do not need it to drive your car.
Touch is like cruise control on your car. There are times where it would come in handy if you had it but you do not need it to drive your car.
I for one can't wait for Windows 8 to come out.
Been using XP since it's launch and never upgraded to Vista or W7 because some of my Pro Music Applications have not been supported properly.
But now I have moved onto supported apps and having been playing around with Windows 8 preview. I really like it.
I do see the Start screen as a large Start Menu, and Desktop mode being the place where all full windows apps are run. I think it's way easier to navigate than my old trusty XP. I do see the point that Microsoft had to do this to compete in all markets from Desktops to Tablets, so they can stay in the game.
Been using XP since it's launch and never upgraded to Vista or W7 because some of my Pro Music Applications have not been supported properly.
But now I have moved onto supported apps and having been playing around with Windows 8 preview. I really like it.
I do see the Start screen as a large Start Menu, and Desktop mode being the place where all full windows apps are run. I think it's way easier to navigate than my old trusty XP. I do see the point that Microsoft had to do this to compete in all markets from Desktops to Tablets, so they can stay in the game.
Funny. Prior to Windows 8, the majority of us used probably 5-6 shortcuts. Now we need to probably learn dozens of them only because an interface that few will probably like is forced on everyone.
I am sure that you would agree that keyboard shortcuts are often much faster and more efficient than mouse moves. You probably know more than 5 or 6. I know I use more than 10 different shortcuts every day.
Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+"+", Ctrl+ "-", Windows+L, F5, Shift+End+Up, Shift+End+Down, Alt+PrintScrn, etc.
Why? It's faster because there is less hand movement and if you type with both hands, your hands are already on the keyboard.
Most of the shortcuts are not new to Windows 8. Most of the shortcuts also work in Windows Vista & 7.
But here's the thing, if you don't want to remember keyboard shortcuts, the same old mouse moves work (scroll, drag and drop, right click, left click, highlight and click, etc.) and the new ones are pretty intuitive and quick to learn.
Drag from the left edge opens a previous window is intuitive because we read from left to right in the western world.
Drag from the right edge brings up "Charms". That is not particularly hard to remember.
Finally, no one is forcing anyone to switch to Windows 8. You can stick with Windows XP if you don't mind falling out of support in 2014. You can stick with Windows 7 until at least 2020. You can learn to use a Linux distro. You can buy a Mac.
Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+"+", Ctrl+ "-", Windows+L, F5, Shift+End+Up, Shift+End+Down, Alt+PrintScrn, etc.
Why? It's faster because there is less hand movement and if you type with both hands, your hands are already on the keyboard.
Most of the shortcuts are not new to Windows 8. Most of the shortcuts also work in Windows Vista & 7.
But here's the thing, if you don't want to remember keyboard shortcuts, the same old mouse moves work (scroll, drag and drop, right click, left click, highlight and click, etc.) and the new ones are pretty intuitive and quick to learn.
Drag from the left edge opens a previous window is intuitive because we read from left to right in the western world.
Drag from the right edge brings up "Charms". That is not particularly hard to remember.
Finally, no one is forcing anyone to switch to Windows 8. You can stick with Windows XP if you don't mind falling out of support in 2014. You can stick with Windows 7 until at least 2020. You can learn to use a Linux distro. You can buy a Mac.
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