I had some programs open and then needed to open a file. A file, which is conveniently on my desktop, because I access it so much. First thing I go to click is the "To Desktop" button that was conveniently provided with Vista. It wasn't there. In Vista, it was located in the taskbar right next to the Start button. But it wasn't there.
Crap. It was one of my favorite buttons in Vista, I used it ALL THE TIME. So, I sighed and then individually closed all the programs to get the the folder and continued on with my work.
I had to do that a few times and got so fed up, I went hunting. It must have been a button that was off, or just not pinned to the taskbar. Then, I found some place in my computer that said something along the lines of "clicking the desktop button will allow you to peek at the desktop." Wait, what? There is a desktop button? WHERE IS IT!!
Ok, I then noticed this little white line one the RIGHT side of the bottom bar. Could this be the sought after desktop button? Sure enough, I scrolled over it and sure enough, it read "Show Desktop." My firs reaction was "YES!" A second passed and my next thought was, "Why the heck is it ALL THE WAY OVER THERE!?"
It's on the complete opposite side of the bottom bar and right next to the notifications. Not next to the quick launch buttons on the taskbar. It was good where it was, so why was it way over there?
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I remember being annoyed sometimes when that button was hidden by ones I didn't care about, before I figured out you could move them. This does avoid that at least, and frees up space there.
ReplyDeleteReally though, this is probably just a change to differentiate it from Vista. Kinda pointless, I feel your pain.
According to the commercials, because some genius emailed Windows and said "Put your desktop thing over there!"
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BUT WHY!! It takes so much longer to get things done, because it's over there.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I have no sympathy for you. If you'd switched to Linux instead of Win 7 you wouldn't have that problem. ;)
ReplyDeleteJackson4Christ
I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself, but I really dislike people that are fan boys and don't let people have what they like. Linux is for people that know computers and know how to use it. Me, on the other hand, I am perfectly fine with using windows as I have been for years and I don't have a problem with it.
ReplyDeleteI did end up fixing the problem two days later.
Also, upon looking at the first post on your own blog, you seem like the kinda person that knows a good deal about computers (probably not as much as my boyfriend) but it's people like you that think because they know all this information, everyone else should as well.
Now, if that's really not the way that you are I would appreciate it if you would tell me, otherwise, in my mind, this is who you are.