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1359201 2013-12-12 02:08:00 Personally As long as they still have the options to have the tiled start, I'll be using that, mainly to pin programs I use, instead of having the desktop cluttered in shortcuts. No big deal to press the windows key, then click.

When they bring back the old start menu, ( which will mean it boots to desktop and looks like W7 )I guess all the people who wanted it back will have to find something else to whinge about :p
Just curious, and totally non-judgmental, but wondering why the taskbar is a fail for shortcuts for you?
linw (53)
1359202 2013-12-12 02:09:00 Just curious, and totally non-judgmental, but wondering why the taskbar is a fail for shortcuts for you?

Personally I have icons on both the taskbar and the Start screen, and use them about the same amount. Just depends on my mood. :p
pcuser42 (130)
1359203 2013-12-12 03:10:00 Just curious, and totally non-judgmental, but wondering why the taskbar is a fail for shortcuts for you?

Maybe the same reason I don't use the taskbar for shortcuts either - often having a wide and varied amount of programs open at one time along with shortcuts would clutter it - especially as pinning *everything* would neither be practical nor would there be enough space.
Agent_24 (57)
1359204 2013-12-12 04:52:00 Just curious, and totally non-judgmental, but wondering why the taskbar is a fail for shortcuts for you? On Mine, I dont have many at all on the taskbar. I have a couple of shortcuts that I use all the time on the desktop, several more on the start screen that get used regurally, but not daily, and the rest are either in a folder called shortcuts, or I open them from the "second layer" on the start screen ( W8.1)

I think we have all seen peoples desktops with more shortcuts than clear space :) To me that always looks untidy, and to be honest its a wonder some people can find anything.

In W7 and below, Personally I hardly use the menu/all programs and lets be honest places like the Control panel, how often do you really go into it. If its a lot, then you can soon make a shortcut to it in W8.X The closest I go into the start menu ( W7 etc) a lot is devices and printers to change the default printer from a Laser to PDF, even thats got a shortcut to it on the desktop.

On my W7 PC's I have ObjectDock with all the shortcuts I use 99% of the time ( mail, Browsers, Lan locations ,Accounting package, One Note - To do lists daily ).
wainuitech (129)
1359205 2013-12-12 22:41:00 Maybe the same reason I don't use the taskbar for shortcuts either - often having a wide and varied amount of programs open at one time along with shortcuts would clutter it - especially as pinning *everything* would neither be practical nor would there be enough space.

Having progs open on the win8 taskbar doesn't take extra space. There is room for around 34 shortcuts so that is enough for my most used progs. Admittedly I have a rarely used 'Programs' folder on the desktop plus a few other desktop shortcuts as well!
linw (53)
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