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[ledgori]

Windows 8 without desktop gadgets?

[Sszecret]

thekim, on 03 July 2012 - 17:24, said:

Windows 8 without desktop gadgets?

Since we have live tiles, why is there a need for gadgets? Personally, the only one I ever used was "Weather", but that has now been replaced by the live tile from the weather app.

I think I read somewhere that there are more colors coming for the RTM version of 8. I do hope the combinations between the accent color and the background color aren't as dubious as some of the ones included in the RP.

Also, I can't wait to use it with the "new theme". I have seen it in screenshots and during the Surface presentation, but still, nothing beats actually having it and playing with it.

[Anthonyd]

Sszecret, on 03 July 2012 - 17:36, said:

Since we have live tiles, why is there a need for gadgets? Personally, the only one I ever used was "Weather", but that has now been replaced by the live tile from the weather app.

I think I read somewhere that there are more colors coming for the RTM version of 8. I do hope the combinations between the accent color and the background color aren't as dubious as some of the ones included in the RP.

Also, I can't wait to use it with the "new theme". I have seen it in screenshots and during the Surface presentation, but still, nothing beats actually having it and playing with it.

Live tiles = Metro apps = sandboxed apps = restricted apps.
Gadgets can shows a lot more usefull infos, such as CPU/GPU usage. They can also do more action like restarting the PC etc.

Live tiles aren't the equivalent of Gadget, it's a different concept imo.

[+Quillz]

LEXX911, on 03 July 2012 - 17:04, said:

Pretty simple. Replace it with something more elegant. Such as a small triangle at the left bottom like the one I created for an example.

Well, that could work. It's not bad looking. But I think the arrow is familiar and people understand what it means. It seems changing it would be somewhat unnecessary at this point.

[xendrome]

Nidoking, on 03 July 2012 - 19:46, said:

Well, that could work. It's not bad looking. But I think the arrow is familiar and people understand what it means. It seems changing it would be somewhat unnecessary at this point.

Kind of like the start button/menu?

[Sszecret]

Anthonyd, on 03 July 2012 - 19:02, said:

Live tiles = Metro apps = sandboxed apps = restricted apps.
Gadgets can shows a lot more usefull infos, such as CPU/GPU usage. They can also do more action like restarting the PC etc.

Live tiles aren't the equivalent of Gadget, it's a different concept imo.

Ok, fair enough.

[Order_66]

thekim, on 03 July 2012 - 17:24, said:

Windows 8 without desktop gadgets?

Just when you thought "8" couldn't get any worse.

[Dot Matrix]

Order_66, on 04 July 2012 - 04:26, said:

Just when you thought "8" couldn't get any worse.

They won't be missed. Seriously, they should have left with 7.

[rfirth]

thekim, on 03 July 2012 - 17:24, said:

Windows 8 without desktop gadgets?

You're missing the most important part... look, that screenshot includes a start button... and it's not the same one from the Developer Preview, or one we've seen before. The one in the DP was a flag. This one is the new Windows logo.

[Order_66]

Dot Matrix, on 04 July 2012 - 04:32, said:

They won't be missed. Seriously, they should have left with 7.

Since I wont be downgrading to "8" then I don't have any worries but they are very useful in 7, especially the cpu and network gadgets.

[freak180]

rfirth, on 04 July 2012 - 04:51, said:

You're missing the most important part... look, that screenshot includes a start button... and it's not the same one from the Developer Preview, or one we've seen before. The one in the DP was a flag. This one is the new Windows logo.

no comment...

[FaiKee]

rfirth, on 04 July 2012 - 04:51, said:

You're missing the most important part... look, that screenshot includes a start button... and it's not the same one from the Developer Preview, or one we've seen before. The one in the DP was a flag. This one is the new Windows logo.

That's from win8china's apps "win8master"; it works like ClassicShell and ViStart.

[rfirth]

freak180, on 04 July 2012 - 05:51, said:

no comment...

FaiKee, on 04 July 2012 - 05:54, said:

That's from win8china's apps "win8master"; it works like ClassicShell and ViStart.

Oops. Darn. You're right. I had a feeling that wasn't right.

I don't really want the button to come back, although I wouldn't mind if it did. It would stop some of the complaining.

I did know that the 'regedit'-like icon was a Chinese customization app. I didn't know it added a start button.

[bogas04]

rfirth, on 04 July 2012 - 06:14, said:

Oops. Darn. You're right. I had a feeling that wasn't right.

I don't really want the button to come back, although I wouldn't mind if it did. It would stop some of the complaining.

I did know that the 'regedit'-like icon was a Chinese customization app. I didn't know it added a start button.

MS themselves said that Start button is not returning.

[.Neo]

Nidoking, on 03 July 2012 - 07:27, said:

Such as? They need something there to represent it's a shortcut, not an actual location.

The OS X alias arrow is more refined (in my opinion) and less prominent i.e. no huge box around it. I always thought the Windows shortcut overlays look terrible. The one introduced by Windows Vista is even worse.

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