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venta

Is there still a part of you that wants to live?

Sep 23, 2014 11:29

For anyone who - like me - is forced to use Windows 8/8.1, but hates lots of the non-negotiable features, I commend to you Winaero. From them, you can download two lightweight programs which:

1. Allow you to turn off the bottom-right hot corner, meaning the stupid Charms menu doesn't pop up all the time (Charms Bar Killer runs in your systray, and ( Read more... )

geeky, recommendations, technology, windows

Comments 5

bopeepsheep September 23 2014, 17:22:22 UTC

Killer. V good. It's replaced the last earworm (did you know that washing machines last longer with Calgon?) and at the moment is less annoying than that or the one that preceded it (The Animals Went In Two By Two, Hoorah! Hoorah!).

bopeepsheep September 23 2014, 18:16:00 UTC

Actually, I didn't know that about washing machines, no :)

One kudo to you.

venta September 23 2014, 18:16:30 UTC

Bah!

emarkienna September 24 2014, 09:29:24 UTC

Useful to have tweaks! Note the taskbar previews are a Windows 7 (or possibly Windows Vista) introduction. I found quite a lot of difference upgrading from XP to 7 (e.g., locating all the settings in the control panel).

I'm not a fan of Mac-style-candy. Though I think 8 is a bit more minimalist than 7 in that they've dropped the see-through appearance for windows.

venta September 25 2014, 07:55:39 UTC

I switched from XP to 7 quite late in the day (skipping Vista), then changed jobs and had to switch to 8 fairly soon after. Now you mention it yes, the little preview windows were an annoyance that came in with 7.

I thought 8 came with all that see-through nonsense too - just that 7 had taught me how to turn it all off! My windows are all satisfactorily opaque, now, and nothing animates when it could just snap. It's very restful :)