The new start menu (which isn't new by the way, it's exactly the same worthless new menu thing as in XP or Vista) is seriously crippled when compared to the classic start menu. The classic start menu is fully configurable and it utilizes the whole screen if necessary. In the new thing everything is confined with a lot of space wasted on the right side for just a few items and the rest stuffed into a tiny matchbox forcing the user to click all over the place in that tiny space where the clicking isn't necessary in the classic menu. So tell me, what's so superior to the old new menu kiddo ???
There is a VERY good (M$) reason for this lock-down: M$, excuse me, the ultimately arrogant Bill Gates, may he & Steve Ballmer get squashed by some very large and heavy object, or executed during or after the next American revolution after the destruction of the middle class have ALWAYS as a corporate policy and an all-pervasive employee attitude, at every turn made EVERY effort to stop users from installing or using ANY non-MS product. This start menu is the clearest example.
HOWEVER, there is a way around this. You CAN add the Quick Launch toolbar (
Link Removed). To move these toolbars, the trick is to drag fast and slam past or bump into where ever you want to go. I think that's what this fellow means by tricky.
Anyway, M$ will NEVER bring back a truly customizable start menu. M$ can be depended on to make things as difficult as possible to customize windows. This reduces tech support costs for M$ and anyone else.
Anyone who likes this can be considered either a village idiot, tea party wingnut, religious nut or a Republican like John McCain who would block the FCC from maintaining net neutrality because, BY THE WORDS OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH, he doesn't even know how to turn a computer on. Yes, I've seen the video. I don't think he even knows he was being recorded. I don't think he really believes it's possible !
But $100,000 from the Telecom industry felt good sliding into his bank accounts.
And, no the win VM XP is not as good as booting into XP. So I'm going to set up XP64pro on the same drive. And of course, turn off ALL updates. After all Vista SP1 stole faxing from home premium users!
Bottom Line: keep looking for start menu replacements, there's gonna be lots. Like Stardock (Objectdock may still be free).
I've tried CSmenu. Sucks, not customizable and based on that failure, I'm not gonna pay for their Aero version. Objectdock (and Stardock) have been around longer but as a FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE MAC style dockbar.
IMHO, sooner or later someone will produce a classic menu as good as the one in XP. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
And don't forget the "control panel" horizontal sorting ? gimee a break ! That's just pure nastiness on the part of M$.
But unfortunately, typical. To bad that Judge Carter-Kotelly (?) is so spineless or completely inattentive in her oversight of the court's monopoly settlement.
Her's is just another head that will roll free when the revolution comes. Don't think it's gonna?
The signs are there, it's something every week. 2 weeks ago: from 2001 to 2007, child abuse deaths up 35%. Last week: Airline seats sold: down 19% from a year ago. The 1929 depression: stock market down 20%. The depression we are still in: stock market lost 50% ! O'Bama and his 3 [economic, wall street] stooges want to boost the economy by making loans/grants to small businesses to promote hiring. Yeah, right. If you have no [middle class] customers why would you borrow money to hire more employees ? Duh ! As usual, they are all putting the cart before the horse. They're to stupid to understand basic economics: trickle up is the ONLY way to create jobs. We've had 30+ years of "tax the middle class and give it all to the rich" and so here we are on the brink of the destruction of the middle class. Sorta like France, around say 1980 ? Got your 5 year supply of vacuum sealed, freeze dried food stashed away somewhere ? And maybe plenty of ammo and/or a full quiver or 3 ?
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Larry.C
NYC 10/2009