The Orb is Gone? In W8 build 8220 it’s missing.

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Neowin has posted some screenshots of Windows 8 build 8220. Turns out MS has stolen my idea! lol.

Well… I did put up screenies of Noir without a start button (Desktop Screenshot of the Month thread) and now, in W8 8220 (6.2.8220.0) the famous orb seems to be missing. Also, the super bar (or Dock Bar… the task bar) is remaining and you’ll need it (if you’re getting W8) as a place to pin your most used (non-tiled) apps in order to have rapid access to them.

I have a better idea: Tiles. And it’s skinnable.

Well, if you rely on rumor (at this point), the Orb reappears on mouse-over in the bottom left corner. Why is it needed at all? The Winflag or just a hotspot would suffice, imo… but they aren’t asking. Anyway, here’s a pic of what the old start menu changed into:

You can follow the topic on Neowin.net, here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/in-windows-8-build-8220-the-start-orb-is-gonehere-is-where-it-went

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Guess I'm just old school. I want to look at wallpaper such as a picture or design. To many way to keep things neat with tiles, fences, docks, and other means. Not going to look at what I see in the above picture. No win 8 for me.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Curtains - Customize Windows with additional styles
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveBax, reply 1
No win 8 for me.
End of DaveBax's quote

Ditto for me. Some "Upgrade" - MS has gone from the Fisher-Price look to a ToysRus UI.

Windows 7 does everything I need..... with a little help from WindowBlinds. ;) I see no compelling reason to change OS's.

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll tell you now..... My computer will NEVER look like that.......... B[] :puke:

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

While I like seeing the start button and teh start panel skinned, I almost never use either one.  I tap the Windows key and start typing what I want to start. (Of course, somethines it doesn't work on teh first try.  I blame Microsoft.)

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

Quoting Island, reply 2
End of Island's quote

:grin:

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i also dont like the ugly look but im certain it will only take a day to change that...

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

that look is still better than quite a few windowblinds since the advent of Vista and 7.

Sorry, there is just too much left that is not able to be skinned, VERY few blinds look right to me.

Let's just hope that Metro look will be able to be customized to a better degree.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Here is an early prototype PC designed with the Metro UI in mind.  It didn't turn out well.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That Win8 screen has got to be the ugliest thing I've seen since Win95 !!  For one thing, I don't like "flat". Even my iPhone has a better looking screen than Win8, and that's saying a lot. I certainly hope that the UI's can be skinned throughout or You will never see that ghastly thing on my computer.      -- Ace --

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 5
While I like seeing the start button and teh start panel skinned, I almost never use either one.  I tap the Windows key and start typing what I want to start. (Of course, somethines it doesn't work on teh first try.  I blame Microsoft.)
End of Zubaz's quote

I used to do the same, but Launchy replaced that for me, and I haven't looked back.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I keep staring at these Win8 previews and no matter how hard I try, I keep ending up in the same place - Man that's ugly. :sick:

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Rosco_P, reply 11
I used to do the same, but Launchy replaced that for me, and I haven't looked back
End of Rosco_P's quote
What makes Launchy better?

(I think I tried it after I used Firefox's Ubiquity for a while and loving that . . but not loving Launchy after Ubiquity failed to gain enough traction and I went to Chrome as my primary browser on the PC.)

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Mostly, that you can customize what is indexed and searched to a fairly fine-grained level.  There's also plugin support, and it's skinnable.  What's not to love?

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Isn't 'Tiles' easier? 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 15
Isn't 'Tiles' easier? 
End of DrJBHL's quote

Tiles is great for the things you know your going to need.  Launchy is for quickly getting to that file or program that you haven't seen in two months and didn't know you needed, and is buried somewhere in your My Documents folder.  Not just that, of course, but you get the picture.

Reply #17 from Demigod Forums Top

not gonna see my pc.eva

ugly as hell

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Win 8---------- >                    

Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Just another example of addle-pated software developers working to make sure the work that we put into learning their products has no lasting value.

Change isn't bad, but change for the sake of change is bad. 

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Metro is the butt ugliest thing I've ever seen on a computer... fark, I'd rather go back to the Fisher Price look of naked XP.

Who ever thought of Metro for a UI needs a good kick in the nuts.