That's one of the two books I ordered yesterday, should be here tomorrow. I keep them on the shelf nearby and make notes on a 3x5 card used as a bookmark as I read for stuff I know I won't remember but will want to find easily.
The "Windows 8.1 -- The Missing Manual" is a great book. I'm finding a lot of little shortcuts and tricks that make things faster.
I've always been impressed with Pogue:
David Pogue 2013 TedTalk - YouTube
PBS NOVA - Making Stuff Wilder (S41E04, Oct. 23 2013) - YouTube
Little Teeny Eyes
1.
Oh we got a new computer but it's quite a disappointment
'Cause it always gave this same insane advice:
"OH YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT
LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY HANDS FOR MILKING MICE."
2.
So we re-read the instruction book that came with the computer
But it kept on printing crazy stuff that reads
Like: "YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT
LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY SHOES FOR CENTIPEDES."
3. So we got an expert genius and he rewrote all the programs
But we always got results that looked like these:
"OH YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT
LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY LICENSE PLATES FOR BEES."
4.
Then we tested each resistor, every diode and transistor,
But our EElectronic brain just raves and rants:
"OH YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT
LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE BRANDING IRONS FOR BRANDING ANTS."
5.
Now we're looking for a buyer for a crazy mad computer
That will only give out crazy mad advice
Like: "YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT
LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY HANDS FOR MILKING MICE."
-- Tom Digby
written 1/27/66
first publication APA-L #69 2/10/66
Oh, my. It turns out that getting a new computer has always been stressful. Way back in 1966, Tom Digby wrote this about the new computer experience. I wonder what version of Windows did this?
Code:Little Teeny Eyes 1. Oh we got a new computer but it's quite a disappointment 'Cause it always gave this same insane advice: "OH YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY HANDS FOR MILKING MICE." 2. So we re-read the instruction book that came with the computer But it kept on printing crazy stuff that reads Like: "YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY SHOES FOR CENTIPEDES." 3. So we got an expert genius and he rewrote all the programs But we always got results that looked like these: "OH YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY LICENSE PLATES FOR BEES." 4. Then we tested each resistor, every diode and transistor, But our EElectronic brain just raves and rants: "OH YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE BRANDING IRONS FOR BRANDING ANTS." 5. Now we're looking for a buyer for a crazy mad computer That will only give out crazy mad advice Like: "YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY EYES FOR READING LITTLE TEENY PRINT LIKE YOU NEED LITTLE TEENY HANDS FOR MILKING MICE." -- Tom Digby written 1/27/66 first publication APA-L #69 2/10/66
Oh, my. It turns out that getting a new computer has always been stressful. Way back in 1966, Tom Digby wrote this about the new computer experience. I wonder what version of Windows did this?
Actually that sounds a lot like dos, on a 15 inch monitor which was standard at the time. Even with write on WFW 311 you could change the font size.
Not in 1966 it wasn't. It had to be a mainframe somewhere at work.
I have not updated to 8.1 out of fear that I'll encounter another learning curve and have to get used to more quirks. Do the good people on this board have any horror stories on 8.1 or have any of you resisted as I have? I also have struggled with Office 360 and the new Outlook 2013 app. Has anyone had issues with outlook?
I wonder if anyone, even those who say they have no problem with Windows 8 and adapted to it in half an hour, really uses the Tileworld interface or just goes straight to the classic desktop?
I think that misses the point, though, Jim: The reality is that many people sat down "with Win 8" before it was released. Given what I know about the quality of people and processes at Microsoft, I think it is foolish to assume that what was released was anything other than as close as possible to the best approach forward for the company. ....
Understand that the failure of the Metro interface doesn't mean it was a mistake - it means that there may not be a viable path forward for Microsoft that achieves the objectives of the company - no way forward that avoids the degradation in relevance and therefore revenues that Windows 8 was intended to address. ....
In a different universe, Windows 8 would have been as well-received as Windows 3.1. It had the qualities necessary for that. Things just didn't break that way, this time.
Far far too often we humans try to draw conclusions from the results, ...
Taken from the perspective of what's best for Microsoft, making Windows 8 just an update of Windows 7 would have been unacceptable bordering on irresponsible.
I wonder if anyone, even those who say they have no problem with Windows 8 and adapted to it in half an hour, really uses the Tileworld interface or just goes straight to the classic desktop?
I thought MS's goal was to unify desktop/laptop/tablet/smartphone interfaces. Windows 8 was a step towards that. We've all seen that desktop sales have been declining, laptop sales are declining, and tablets and smartphone sales are growing. If MS wants to avoid serving only the desktop/laptop niche they need to move on. I assume Metro would not be too bad on a touch screen tablet. And so desktops get stuck with something a little strange.
Real simple.
A new operating system should be easy to use. Not require a message board. Nor involve a complicated learning curve.
...
That's exactly what I did with a new laptop with 8.1 on it - "Great - there's a tile labeled 'desktop'! Now I can actually do something instead of wasting time figuring out what these tiles things do, that I don't give a whit about."
Even better, Win 8.1 eventually figures out that you want to boot to the desktop so that's where it boots to. Works for me.
Except it isn't, and your ridiculously rude, self ratifying, and childish reply deserves no further consideration.That has to be one of the most naive things I've ever read!