Windows 8 and skinning
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
So on the one hand, Windows 8, in its current form, is an abomination. As much as I appreciate Microsoft's enthusiasm to reinvigorate customization to solve their inept design decisions, I would rather have a good version of Windows 8.
That said, it appears they're going to frog march Windows 8 out the door. For those of you who have it, what things would you like us to fix first?
Reply #3 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:16 PM
I said Stardock should make its own OS. It would put Microstuiff on notice real quick. Save a lot of headaches too I'd imagine.
Reply #4 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:55 PM
To begin with, deactivate the Metro desktop entirely and restore the full start menu
Reply #5 Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:00 AM
Yup Eliminate Metro. the desktop is the home of UI, not some tablet inspired junk pile.
Charge what you want for your tools, make 8 behave like 7 and they will buy it!
Reply #6 Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:08 AM
hmmm
- create some "on the desktop buttons" maybe on the Object Bar" to show things like the Metro Interface, the Charms bar, or the currently runing apps. I dislike having to move mouse around to find hotspot in the corners of the screen.
- make sure that Microsoft Store Apps, will show up on the Tiles bar and you can individually close them, intead of having hundreds running after a while like on my iphone. Heh, how about a timer you can set if the app is not used for more than 5mins then it could be closed automatically.
- defintely will nheed a customize option or app to reorganize and retranslate the Metro Start Screen.
Oh, and i do use a regular desktop PC, with a regular monitor and mouse, NO touch screens, yet anyways. 
Thanks
Brad
Reply #7 Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:31 AM
I´ll be happy if You make it Fully Skinnable & Less "Metro" in the overall. 
Reply #8 Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:37 AM
I have a feeling Win 8 will be Stardock domain. Start 8 is proof of that. Could very well make buying the OS worth it just to get bells and whistles that work!
Reply #9 Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:14 AM
I would like to be able to change metro tile colors or add images to the tiles.
I would like to be able to run some metro tiles on the desktop (a la DesktopX)
Reply #10 Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:24 AM
Just make it so one can select one or the other, Metro or a Windows 8 that looks like the normal Windows 7 UI as much as possible.
Reply #11 Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:43 PM
To begin with, deactivate the Metro desktop entirely and restore the full start menu
Yes!
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Reply #1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:22 PM
Everything.