Untill we get a new subforum for it, i suggest we use this thread to talk Windows 10.
Personally, i wanted to discuss the 4 things mentioned below, but don't at all hesitate to give your own comments/pros/cons, this should really be considered general Windows 10 chatter, if you have some question google cant answer yet, this would be a great place to ask, if you want to share your experiences with the upgrade process, this is the place, etc.
Tablet mode
First off, tablet mode, i have to say i'm quite shocked by this, while i do actually appreciate that Microsoft made a much clearer split between touch and 'desktop' input, that touch interface is just ridiculous, im running W10 on a so-called Convertible (a cheap Chinese one, a Pipo W3) and i've already disabled tablet mode as a whole a mere 30 minutes after finishing up the W10 installation.
To name some of the weird quirks it has, for example, you can open the start menu (or metro overlay? whatever its called) by clicking the windows button/key, but then you cannot close it with the same button/key..?! Or the fact that you cant right click the desktop. Or what about when you start putting (program-) windows side by side, and then you cant properly change those windows anymore without closing the side-by-side view..
Whats also quite the bummer, for the people that do wanna use it, you cant seem to set it up in such a way that if something happens (say, the keyboard gets detached or the device rotated to a certain angle) it will switch to tablet mode, you just get a little toggle button in the notifications area that you press to toggle between tablet and desktop mode, kind of a missed opportunity. (it does have a "when this device automatically switches tablet mode on or off" setting, but yea, the actual automatic switching is nowhere to be configured)
Having said that, im fairly sure tablet mode does have its good sides too, one thing i did like is that you can actually set up your task-bar to show different things based on if your in tablet mode or not, which is a nice little feature, but besides that i simply haven't used it long enough to see more of its good sides.
If you dislike tablet mode like me, then you can go here to 'disable' it:
Start -> Settings -> System -> Tablet mode
Just set it to go to desktop when you sign in, and to always ask before automatically switching, and your good to go.
Windows update doing "half assed torrents"
This is something that i didn't really notice yet, until i saw an article about it on some dutch news site, it turns out, theres some sort of update sharing going on in Win10, if i download and install update, and a guy near me then goes to download it, he may actually get the update from me rather then from Microsoft, in effect, eating my bandwidth. While i totally understand why Microsoft did it (lowering the load on their servers) im not all that happy with Win10 just whoring my connection, it might be another story when its done in a local network (which is actually an option) but using this feature online, no thanks.
So, if you wanna mess with that setting, go here:
Start -> Settings -> Update & Security -> Windows Update -> Advanced options -> Choose how updates are delivered
I suggest switching it to only do it for your local network, or just turn it off completely.
(i should note that its doing this over p2p connections, although apparently you can have multiple connections, which is why im calling it "half assed torrents")
Scaling
This is something i guess i cant really blame Microsoft for, its just what the world has come too (thanks too bs 'retina' marketing mind you)
When you've just installed Win10, it will have way to large UI elements, most likely because a lot of small devices these days get high resolutions.
Microsoft prolly figured that everybody's gonna install it on a 10 inch 2560x1600 screen, so on default, the UI scaling is set to a whopping 200% which is way to big for my taste, if you agree, heres where to change it:
Start -> Settings -> System -> Display -> 'Change size of text, apps, and other items'
Personally i set mine too 150% though ideally i would like to set it to something like 135%, 125% is a little to small, 150% still a little to big, but i cant choose it with that much detail, the options are limited too these four: 100% / 125% / 150% / 200%
UI Consistency
Last but not least, this just has to be mentioned, im a bit disappointed by the fact that Win10 still has a random mix of "old interfaces" (windows 7 and before) and new interfaces (windows 8 and after) wich makes the whole of it look a bit messy and unfinished here and there. One of the best ways to underline this is to just link too this guy's tweet, couldn't have said it better myself:
And the rightclick menu's are just one of the things, theres more flaky UI all over the place.
So far with my comments on Win10, they're mostly 'things that could be better', but theres plenty i do like as-is in Win10 aswell, allthough nothing really pops out, obliviously the return of the start menu is great, the fact that you can have multiple desktops is cool, Cortana isnt half bad, and some other things, but in general, i was mostly just looking for "a proper windows experience", which Win10 does deliver, once you find your way around.
Now how about all of you? what do you like/dislike? what are you running Win10 on? got any tips (perhaps similar to the ones above) on getting a better experience out of it? Discuss! :)
Personally, i wanted to discuss the 4 things mentioned below, but don't at all hesitate to give your own comments/pros/cons, this should really be considered general Windows 10 chatter, if you have some question google cant answer yet, this would be a great place to ask, if you want to share your experiences with the upgrade process, this is the place, etc.
Tablet mode
First off, tablet mode, i have to say i'm quite shocked by this, while i do actually appreciate that Microsoft made a much clearer split between touch and 'desktop' input, that touch interface is just ridiculous, im running W10 on a so-called Convertible (a cheap Chinese one, a Pipo W3) and i've already disabled tablet mode as a whole a mere 30 minutes after finishing up the W10 installation.
To name some of the weird quirks it has, for example, you can open the start menu (or metro overlay? whatever its called) by clicking the windows button/key, but then you cannot close it with the same button/key..?! Or the fact that you cant right click the desktop. Or what about when you start putting (program-) windows side by side, and then you cant properly change those windows anymore without closing the side-by-side view..
Whats also quite the bummer, for the people that do wanna use it, you cant seem to set it up in such a way that if something happens (say, the keyboard gets detached or the device rotated to a certain angle) it will switch to tablet mode, you just get a little toggle button in the notifications area that you press to toggle between tablet and desktop mode, kind of a missed opportunity. (it does have a "when this device automatically switches tablet mode on or off" setting, but yea, the actual automatic switching is nowhere to be configured)
Having said that, im fairly sure tablet mode does have its good sides too, one thing i did like is that you can actually set up your task-bar to show different things based on if your in tablet mode or not, which is a nice little feature, but besides that i simply haven't used it long enough to see more of its good sides.
If you dislike tablet mode like me, then you can go here to 'disable' it:
Start -> Settings -> System -> Tablet mode
Just set it to go to desktop when you sign in, and to always ask before automatically switching, and your good to go.
Windows update doing "half assed torrents"
This is something that i didn't really notice yet, until i saw an article about it on some dutch news site, it turns out, theres some sort of update sharing going on in Win10, if i download and install update, and a guy near me then goes to download it, he may actually get the update from me rather then from Microsoft, in effect, eating my bandwidth. While i totally understand why Microsoft did it (lowering the load on their servers) im not all that happy with Win10 just whoring my connection, it might be another story when its done in a local network (which is actually an option) but using this feature online, no thanks.
So, if you wanna mess with that setting, go here:
Start -> Settings -> Update & Security -> Windows Update -> Advanced options -> Choose how updates are delivered
I suggest switching it to only do it for your local network, or just turn it off completely.
(i should note that its doing this over p2p connections, although apparently you can have multiple connections, which is why im calling it "half assed torrents")
Scaling
This is something i guess i cant really blame Microsoft for, its just what the world has come too (thanks too bs 'retina' marketing mind you)
When you've just installed Win10, it will have way to large UI elements, most likely because a lot of small devices these days get high resolutions.
Microsoft prolly figured that everybody's gonna install it on a 10 inch 2560x1600 screen, so on default, the UI scaling is set to a whopping 200% which is way to big for my taste, if you agree, heres where to change it:
Start -> Settings -> System -> Display -> 'Change size of text, apps, and other items'
Personally i set mine too 150% though ideally i would like to set it to something like 135%, 125% is a little to small, 150% still a little to big, but i cant choose it with that much detail, the options are limited too these four: 100% / 125% / 150% / 200%
UI Consistency
Last but not least, this just has to be mentioned, im a bit disappointed by the fact that Win10 still has a random mix of "old interfaces" (windows 7 and before) and new interfaces (windows 8 and after) wich makes the whole of it look a bit messy and unfinished here and there. One of the best ways to underline this is to just link too this guy's tweet, couldn't have said it better myself:
Quote:
Pick a menu, ANY MENU... AND STICK WITH IT PLEASE.  |
So far with my comments on Win10, they're mostly 'things that could be better', but theres plenty i do like as-is in Win10 aswell, allthough nothing really pops out, obliviously the return of the start menu is great, the fact that you can have multiple desktops is cool, Cortana isnt half bad, and some other things, but in general, i was mostly just looking for "a proper windows experience", which Win10 does deliver, once you find your way around.
Now how about all of you? what do you like/dislike? what are you running Win10 on? got any tips (perhaps similar to the ones above) on getting a better experience out of it? Discuss! :)
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