Originally Posted by
Merko
So you've gone to great lengths to avoid using what one of the links above appropriately calls the 'start screen' (as opposed to 'start menu'). This shows that you also don't really like the 'start screen'. But alas, that is the standard way Microsoft have chosen.
I understand that if you're a power user and you're willing to spend time to configure everything to your liking, then it might very well to be possible to make the Windows 8 GUI usable and you may appreciate other improvements. I (reluctantly) use Linux, and it has pretty much the same problem - sure if you know what you're doing and you have patience, you can make it do what you want.
But the defaults matter since most people will never configure their system much. I do recommend the Jakob Nielsen link above, where they have done some actual user testing and characterized all the problems I've seen (and more) in a much more systematic way than I could do.
I use the start menu all the time, I thought I had made that clear. I have also have not functionally configured or altered the default settings of Windows 8. I use windows 8 "out of the box" the same way as my mother does. The great thing about Windows 8 is that its default settings work for both a "power user" and a computer "novice".
Again can I ask how long you have been using Windows 8?