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  1. H

    Windows 8 [Solved] Lost Ability To Close Apps with Swipe

    My laptop no longer will close an app by swiping from the top. And, swiping from the right side to bring up charms only works on the top half of the screen. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Jim
  2. Drew

    Windows 8 Do You Know These 2?

    When in an APP and > Charms, Search applies to within that APP. Example: > NEWS APP > Charms, in Search type Calgary, immediately shows all Calgary News items. When in an APP and > Charms > Settings, ALL menu items that show pertain to 'options' or 'controls' for that APP. When in an APP...
  3. Drew

    Windows 8 Just smile & wave bye-bye...

    Just to add to this, regarding Search; yes, one can go through Charms & using his example begin typing N-O... once you then click on Notepad, it appears back on Desktop. But, it is, also, not necessary or the only way, to go via Charms... WinQ (all Applications), WinW (Settings) & WinF (Files)...
  4. Drew

    Windows 8 Maybe (A Response)

    _______ , Maybe there could be room for not finding the Win8 UI flawed or something that makes people unhappy. Maybe it is ok & there is no need to make the OS into something it's not... that being some previous OS. Many people cannot agree that it suffers because it was made for certain...
  5. Drew

    Windows 8 PDFs

    As I have discussed elsewhere, previously, there is less necessity to add certain software, plug-ins, utilities & such w/ Windows8. Between it & what is or will be current browsers (like IE10) a lot, that wasn't, native, now is. In many cases things, that act as apps, are seemingly redundant...
  6. kemical

    Windows 8 Web browsing in Windows 8 Consumer Preview with IE10

    The Windows 8 Engineering Team blog has a great blog on IE10 and show what's new in browsing whilst in a Metro environment: Definitely worth a read..... Link Removed
  7. M

    Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 8

    Some of these are new, others are the same keyboard shortcuts we've known for years. Note that "charms" refer to an element of the Metro interface Win + Spacebar : Switch the input language and keyboard layout Win + C : Open the Charms Win + D : Show the desktop Win + E : open Windows Explorer...
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