Windows 9 Technical Preview screenshots leaked

I'd say that we can agree on that here and I simply don't understand the need they felt to just axe parts of the code, why not just leave it out of certain types of devices with limited space and have it available on traditional computers.

Regarding OneDrive, I haven't tried syncing the amount of files and folders you have, I'd say have roughly one tenth of what you have and it works fine for me. That said, the broken behavior you describe is unnaceptable given what MS intends OneDrive to be used for. Also don't get me started on the loss of functionality the Live Mesh offered compared to OneDrive.

Finally regarding search, I don't mind the Bing results as long as you can turn it off. That being said, why neuter some functionalities of search, again, I didn't see a reason to just remove it. Some things are just puzzling sometimes. I can understand that they want to keep the size of the install and feature creep in check, but just making Windows install some components or not depending on the device and SKU would have been a much more elegant way to go at it in my opinion. Plus, it's not like the last few releases were extreme revisions of the Kernel.

EDIT: Those last two posts is the kind of discussion we like to see, good arguments expressed in a civil and calm manner :thumbsup:

EDIT: I use windows 8.1 often and it works just fine for me, that doesn't mean I can't see the point of view of those of you who want to stick with 7 and I can understand the frustration when something you rely on just gets ditched.

 

By the way, I just read somewhere that the Windows 10 Start Menu doesn't have folders. Is this correct? If it is, and if indeed this so-called "Start Menu" still does not allow for a hierarchical organization, then it is not a real Start Menu, and I'll modify my statement above to read: "Windows 10 does not offer anything that comes even remotely close to the functionality offered by the Windows 7 Start Menu. Instead it offers some feeble and near-useless imitation of same." I will add that the kind of people who are seriously offering this kind of garbage as a replacement for a Start Menu must have lost it completely.

 

That's correct, with the current version. It remains to be seen if it will be improved in the Consumer Preview.

 

Hmm, looking into this some more, maybe there was some miscommunication. From what I can see the Windows 10 Start Menu allows for sub-menus in the same way Windows 7 did.

P.S.: Look at the third screenshot in this article, for example (the one that shows the Start Menu): It looks like there's some folders in there ("Windows Accessories", Windows Ease of Access", and "Windows System").

Perhaps you thought I was talking about folders for Live Tiles?

 

In regard to integration between phones, tablets, & more traditional desktop and notebook computers, it's very true that Apple & Google are focusing on this and Microsoft is looking to follow (see Windows 8). However, a much more useful situation for the end user is a cross-platform unified software framework that allows access via Windows, Android, and iOS. With this, the same type of features could be enabled for the majority of people with computing devices running different operating systems. While I understand that these companies all want to lock users into their ecosystems, I believe there is a large market available for true cross-platform interoperability systems.

 

Yes, the new startmenu has folders indeed - just not for live-tiles.

See:

 

You're right, I missed it somehow, I did try to create/add folders tho. I saw the folders you mention when I clicked "All programs".
I don't have W10 installed anymore, will try it again sometime next year.

 

This is a good point. File History actually caches copies of files on the same drive if and while the designated external drive isn’t connected.
(It probably keeps some cache even while the backup drive is connected.)

 

It looks pretty sleek and i'll take it over windows 8 anyday. Just depends on how stable it is I guess

 

One must not read what users are saying do they. Unfortunately 1.5billion PC users are not 1.5billion Mac Store users...trying to compare apples to oranges...is grabbing for straws again. No debating isn't wrong but when the masses said "NO" that should suffice any company to say ok what went wrong and fix it not dumb down the respondents. That isn't good "Customer Service". Metro died a early abortion death at it's own hands.