bogas04 Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 I have auto hidden the task bar , thought it makes more sense this way as the only thing i would possibly use it is for either time or seeing minimized windows... (png files are so big :/ 4 times bigger than jpg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted March 7, 2012 Quite like the retro XP start button. :p On my laptop though, I hide the taskbar entirely, and do all my window switching thanks to this lovely little thing that comes with Microsoft Intellimouse software They should really make it a part of Windows sometime. And my laptop start screen for good measure. Not a fan of the DPI scaling - same res as my desktop, but shows one less line of metro apps See, when I look at that I remember a screenshot months ago that had all those desktop tile but even smaller, maybe it was just some photoshop concept thing though but I can't find it anywhere now. Basically it showed the desktop tiles without the names and just the icons so that they took up even less space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Johnny Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 See, when I look at that I remember a screenshot months ago that had all those desktop tile but even smaller, maybe it was just some photoshop concept thing though but I can't find it anywhere now. Basically it showed the desktop tiles without the names and just the icons so that they took up even less space. I think those were probably the icons you get when you zoom out on the start screen - can't have them there by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted March 7, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted March 7, 2012 Very neat, I like the grouping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tyranade Subscriber² Posted March 8, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted March 8, 2012 Here is what my start screen looked as of last night: How do you name the start categories such as Media, Apps etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azies Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 See, when I look at that I remember a screenshot months ago that had all those desktop tile but even smaller, maybe it was just some photoshop concept thing though but I can't find it anywhere now. Basically it showed the desktop tiles without the names and just the icons so that they took up even less space. How on earth did you manage to get the XP start button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Johnny Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 How on earth did you manage to get the XP start button? That'd be me :p Using Start 8 - http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/. Once installed, right click, choose "pick a different start button image" and choose the XP style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V23 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 How do you name the start categories such as Media, Apps etc? 1. Go to the start screen 2. Hold ctrl + scroll down on the mouse wheel (or click the magnifying glass in the bottom right of the screen) to zoom out 3. Right-click on a group of apps 4. Select 'name group' on the bar that appears at the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazoo Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Desktops look nice, I hope this isn't going to be ME or Vista all over again. Hope they get this right the 1st time. No W8SE or something lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V23 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Dot Matrix and Coi 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 V23, whats that font? Was using Token Light on 7, but got tired of Moochromatic ones, and changed back to default. Haven't tweaked them in 8, but these look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V23 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 V23, whats that font? Was using Token Light on 7, but got tired of Moochromatic ones, and changed back to default. Haven't tweaked them in 8, but these look good It's the default font, haven't changed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 It is default font??? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Active. Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subcld Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 enjoying two interfaces in one OS how cool is that ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinN206 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I think people should show the full resolution version and not a scaled down screenshot. Metro looks much better on native resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuishimi Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 subcld 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuishimi Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 And my desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyolc8 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Not using as my primary OS yet. Start: Desktop: subcld and Ace 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Finally started using the Startscreen, and even though the apps pinned here are mostly on my Taskbar anyway, I still find myself using it to launch apps. Muhammad Farrukh 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJGM Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 A couple of screengrabs I made from my Windows 8 CP install a few weeks ago . . . First, the Desktop . . . Second, the element many are bitching about ... the Metro Start Screen, with an emphasis on Desktop apps . . . . . . and after further customisation 3 days later . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFrank Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Metro start screen. subcld 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFrank Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 and some regular desktops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sekyal Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I haven't done a lot of changing the default, but it does go wider to the right for more categories. subcld 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b@nned Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 riceBox, Duffydemon, Nick H. and 7 others 10 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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