nsane.forums Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The Start menu is no more. The Start screen is coming.Everyone wants to try Windows 8 Consumer Preview. You've downloaded the software and installed it leaving just one task left: actually using the thing.The Windows 8 Consumer Preview drops you in at the deep end. Unlike Windows of old, which has taught users how to handle the user interface with mouse tutorials and bouncing arrows, Windows 8 just dumps you at the lock screen. Swipe or drag that out the way, and you're faced with the brand new Start screen. This will be a bit of a shock to existing Windows users (which is to say, virtually every person on earth who has ever owned a computer), and getting to grips with the Windows 8 interface is going to require some effort.We first used the interface with the Developer Preview, and the fundamentals haven't changed since then. The interface is built around two things: the Start screen and the charms bar. The Start screen is a full-screen, Metro-styled successor to the Start menu, and the charms bar is where various global functions—search, share, devices, and settings—reside (it also contains a Start button to bring up the Start screen).For touch systems, the interactions are simple enough. Familiar from the Developer Preview, swiping in from the right brings up the charms, swiping from the top or bottom brings up the toolbar-like application bar, and swiping in from the left flicks between tasks. Swiping in from the left and then back out brings up a thumbnailed view of running applications for direct switching to a particular app, rather than cycling through all running apps.Article continued at source (link below).... View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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