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[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
don't need the mouse to navigate windows 8 itself. See that lovely windows logo key, press it, takes you straight to the start screen where you can start typing. Want to get to the settings charm to shut down the pc, windows key + I, if you want you can even navigate that menu with the arrow keys but alternatively the icons are large so easy to hit with a nice imprecise high speed mouse movement. Windows key + X, opens a menu with things like control panel and device manager etc, in this list each item has a single character somewhere within the item name underscored, press thus character and it selects that menu option, Win + X and then C opens the command prompt for example. Very little mouse use is required, can do most things for windows 8 itself (except apps and desktop programs) with just a keyboard.
[Windows 8 General] SharpnShiny:
Could you recommend a uxtheme? You use it to restore some Windows 7 font/UI right? Do you restore glass/Aero? I've been using Start8 which I like a lot, but for the other features they really want you to pay at several gates...in the end, making Win8 look a bit more like Win 7 costs a small fortune with them.

edit - I just spotted the popular early mod of aero in 8 has come out of beta and is still free: http://glass8.berlios.de/

This update is really interesting...it's Aero Glass within a Win 8 framework...it's a curious UI mix.
[Windows 8 General] tp2215:
For some great uxtheme just search around deviantart here is a good place to start http://www.deviantart.com/customization/skins/. There are lots of them scattered around that, if anything, will restore the look back to Windows 7. Most of them have versions that will also tie right into the aero mod that you mentioned. One word of advice though from expereince, if the pc wants to update, switch back to default style before restarting. Microsoft released several updates that seem to "softbrick' your pc if the patch is installed. It will just boot with a black screen and the only way to repair would be to refresh or system restore.
[Windows 8 General] mcosmin222:
Just for the record, the keyboard is always faster than the mouse.
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
Not when you count time from shifting your hands from the mouse to the keyboard.

Like browsing the web, then you wanted to open up Photoshop well now your up crap Creek cause you can't just have a simple shortcut on the ready.

Anyone defending the missing power user feature of having a central location for common tasks is just sailing their boat to no where. Especially when you look at the fact the guy that pressed for 8 was fired... Yawn.

Watch the next windows brings it back then all you crazy dudes won't find a single utility to remove the menu cause it's just stupidity at it's finest.
[Windows 8 General] garwynn:
If I could even set up a custom toolbar like XP I'd be happy.
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
Exactly.

There is a reason every laptop and computer manufacturer charge MORE to put 7 on instead of 8.
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
You have 2 hands do you not? I can type rather proficiently with just 1 hand, can certainly navigate windows with just my left hand leaving the right on the mouse. On a laptop even better, only need 1 thumb to operate the track pad.

I thought it was normal usage to leave the left hand at the keyboard and right on the mouse. Therefore no movement necessary.
[Windows 8 General] mcosmin222:
Wait. But you do have a central power user location

That awesome, magic, mystic, forgotten windows key + X shortcut. It works wonders man.

And btw, how big is your keyboard? are your keys spread all over the table so it takes more than 500 ms to get your hand from the mouse to the keyboard?
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
+1, and I have a 5600dpi mouse so mouse interaction can be faster than for most people for me
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
You mean that key every PC gamer rips off their keyboard?

I didn't know there was a shortcut to a shortcut toolbar either maybe that's new right? How about a shortcut to VPN connections too?

This isn't osx Uhg
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Part of me feels like I need to stay out of this discussion, but you guys are kinda hilarious. Comments like "take your hands off the mouse" (plural, as if you have both of them on the mouse instead of one of them when you need it and zero when already using the keyboard, like any not-complete-joke "power user"* would?) and "set up a custom toolbar like XP" (right-click Taskbar, Toolbars, New Toolbar... just like in XP! Wow, um no offense, but do you have literally *any* idea what you're talking about?) are just too absurd. The suggestion that Windows pre-8 have some "central location for common tasks" (never mind the inherent hilarity of the concept of it being a "missing power user feature") which 8 is lacking is ridicule-worthy; how exactly is the Start menu better suited to this than the Start screen? Hell, leave aside the instant search that is present in both; I can still fit more icons on the first "page" of my Start screen than I could on the Start menu's initial view, small icons mode, before it hit the top of my screen. Then there's the taskbar pinning, Win+X menu / right-click Start, global keyboard shortcuts (you're a "power user" so you know about those, right?), desktop icons (yes, I still know people who splatter their desktop in icons; I don't get it but whatever), taskbar toolbars (hell, bring back Quick Launch if you want), and more. This whole thing is a huge joke.

* The very term "power user" is pretty damn silly; it may at one point have actually meant somebody who knew how to use a PC better than most (but was, for some reason, not an admin...) but these days it mostly refers to the kind of person who, if they tell you how to do something on your computer, you should assume that it's either wrong or terribly inefficient; they don't even know that they know nothing.
[Windows 8 General] garwynn:
(rant)

Holy $&#* do we seem to be firing up the flames. Not every "power user" (subjective) uses dvorak or macros. Some of us have been using pcs for 30 years already and not even 40 - yet I LOVE the condescending voices on here because it's not what you do or use. SMH

But hey... according to some I should just give up my IT career now, just too stoopid to know anything relevant. Look at the way I use a mouse! And that keyboard - like a caveman. Yeesh, I'd hate to see your manner around most older than 35.

(/rant)

My whole point was this. I've been around the scene since my II-C 29 years ago. I'm certainly not the next genius nor am I a neanderthal. I consider myself an above average user and have 18+ years of support experience to back that up. And it took me until a few years ago to understand that not everyone likes change.

8 is being discarded by my office due to its design. And there's no hardware being approved to take advantage of it. Hell, they won't even embrace 64 bit. And they're not alone.

Those barely with a grasp of a PC will resist because it's like starting over to them, much like the BIG shift to 95. And it was... but even then not like this time because technology forced the hand to update. So disagree but try to have an understanding from others' POV.

About toolbar, didn't see that in 8.1 preview and will be MORE than happy to check again.
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
Lol discount fact that my native os isn't even windows.

But now we have to prove who is and is not a power user. Lulz

Maybe one day reactOS will work. And then all the script kiddies that talk about how great they are when a key feature is removed won't have to worry about people complaining because they just turned out to be no different than Apple fan bois.
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Dvorak is a bit of a crock - all the tests claiming it's so much faster seem to have been done by people with skin in the game one way or the other - but at least it isn't a layout created to reduce the risk of typerwriter keys jamming.

Not using macros - which includes things as simple as Win+X, Win+D, Win+L, Win+E, Win+R, Alt+F4, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+O, Alt+Tab, (to name the ones I use most often, though by no means the full list) and arguably even simple shortcut keys like F2, F5, Backspace (in a web browser), Win (logo key by itself), and so on... that's just wasting your own time. Creating your own (say, Ctrl+Shift+I to launch your favorite browser, ...+E for email, +P for Photoshop, +S for Steam, etc.) is not my preferred approach - I find it's easier to type a few letters of the program name - but other people prefer to use that approach. They're all far, far faster than using a mouse unless the relevant program is pinned to the taskbar (in which case you could use Win+<number row item>), and taskbar pinning works fine in 8.x. People who call themselves "power users" but not do things like that are the reason the very term is seen as a joke, a label you would apply unkindly to somebody (much like "script kiddie"). Which is why I'm finding this discussion hilarious. YMMV.

I'll grant that I didn't try the custom-toolbar-on-the-taskbar feature on the 8.1 preview; it works in Win8 though.
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
You cannot argue that removing it was a good thing.

All these people continue to act like any keyboard gamer still has their windows key even on the keyboard ffs.

Instead of saying hey, there is a different way to do something you ought to consider that you're defending a software giant who's terrible release is just what it is. Terrible.

If life is so much better without the bar, why is there no mods to remove it in any other previous version?

Your antics are like a non smoker trying to convince a smoker to stop smoking because it was banned and thus since the non smoker was never effected they have some kind of moral high ground? Stupidity at best.

All of my gaming friends no longer even have a windows key. So what's you're solution? Look like an idiot migrating from mouse to keyboard back to mouse to open programs. Or look like a freak and type one handed ? Really?
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
Show me one keyboard without a windows key. The "super" key or "cmd" key on non windows keyboards still does the same thing (as both windows key and cmd key are just renamed super keys). And yeah, I am a keyboard gamer. Not that anyone appreciates you calling us stupid either
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Some (foolish) gamers remove theirs (note: hardcore gamers are a *tiny* portion of the PC userbase). The smarter ones just disable it while in a game...
[Windows 8 General] garwynn:
Just for reference:

I fired up the 8.1 preview last night to double check. Old method only allows selection of 4 preset toolbars. I did find a way to make a new toolbar but you basically have to now create a folder of shortcuts and then create a toolbar of that folder. A bit clunky over the old drag/drop if you ask me.
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
You have yo be a power user to understand and use it's greatness. The clunkiness is just because you're out of your comfort zone on the way to power.
[Windows 8 General] garwynn:
It's clunky because the way to then add the folder is right click -> Toolbars -> Add new and then select folder.

Why go through that at that point? Better just to keep my hit list in a "Programs" folder in desktop.

Be happy to hear your explanation as to its "greatness". It's similar in fashion to other O/Ses, true. But not functional for my use.

Also tried the Start -> start typing for results. Still slower than the "hit list" from before.

(Results still take seconds to pop up, slower than Ubuntu for sure)

Honestly short of a few applications I'm finding myself more and more on Ubuntu on that box.

I'll probably only use Windows for games and a handful of other things. Looking into alternatives on Ubuntu now.
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
tried Wine out yet? Hardly 100% effective, but it does at least work, runs something as complex as audacity anyway (I didnt have an internet connection on my linux system at the time but did have the windows version of audacity on a memory stick and wine was the first thing I installed on that system). Also ran kerbal space program (which since then does now have a native linux build) and oblivion fine. Didnt run itunes or sketchup though.
[Windows 8 General] hakcenter:
Sarcasm

---------- Post added at 11:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 AM ----------

Wine works pretty good on a lot of stuff, just the pit falls on most free to play games that use any type of "anti hack" software.

Steam is on Linux, if we could get the world of Linux gaming to open up that would be quite amazing.

I only recently put win 7 as a dual boot over my gentoo for ssd trim support.
[Windows 8 General] anxdadummy:
Does 8.1 have smaller tile size choices and allow more tiles to be grouped together? Using Win 8 on my small screen (1024x768) I can only get 12 tiles (2 groups of 2x3 tiles). I tried to move tiles together into the same group by drag and dropping in vain - there is always a divider showing up when I try to drag and drop. Very frustrating.
[Windows 8 General] mcosmin222:
The more i read through the comments since my last post here, the more I get convinced that some people simply can not adapt to change, and are incapable of getting rid of old, outdated and inefficient technologies. Is it time you step down and let others take your place? probably. Natural selection at its finest.

The funniest comment I've read is ripping out the Windows Key, then crying like a baby they can't use the computer properly anymore. I wonder what happens if you rip out the processor. They are, after all, pretty tiresome, they get hot, they burn your bed sheet, they even require a noisy cooler. They are sooooooooooo much more annoying than the poor little Windows Key.

HINT: next time you see a button on a device, better find out why is it there before proceeding to disable it.

I am getting more and more proof that buying a PC should require a certified IQ test.
[Windows 8 General] anxdadummy:
Rest assured that the 99% of us without a certified IQ will eventually realize the fact and go buy an APPLE device and stop bothering you guys with top 1% IQ scores. :p If you don't make your machine easy to use, the majority of people won't bother.
[Windows 8 General] mcosmin222:
You are deluding yourself into think Win8 haters is the majority.

The huge windows 8 sales prove you wrong.

Now go to sleep, your brain might overheat.
[Windows 8 General] anxdadummy:
Just recovered from brain overheat... 10 hours of sleep helped. ;)

My comment had nothing to do with Win 8. I like Win 8 but it can be better but that's another subject. My comment was to respond to the idea that people should pass an IQ test before buying a machine.
[Windows 8 General] mcosmin222:
Hence implying that only 1% are capable of passing the test and using windows 8, which is, again, wrong.
[Windows 8 General] anxdadummy:
So why the need for an IQ test if Win 8 is so easy to use? The mere suggestion of an IQ test shows an elitist attitude that shouldn't be associated with any product meant for the masses.
[Windows 8 General] zetsui:
Man some of the Windows 8 gurus are upsetting....its clunky because you could micromanage it? There's not a single thing better on 7?

I just played with my sisters new Windows 8 laptop/tablet. It's horrendous. I gave up trying to manage security/permissions (and yes all the Microsoft built in 'security'-read ****ing up your network sharing) is still there.

Windows 8 gets a thumbs down for me. A few seconds of boot time isn't worth the inability to customize and troubleshoot it

And when I say customize I don't mean some Yuppie's color scheme.
[Windows 8 General] mcosmin222:
Ok. I've trolled you enough.

It was sarcasm. I gotta agree it went out better than i hoped.

but then again something like this happens

You do realize that windows 8 control panel and settings layout is exactly the same one windows 7 has, right? Oh, you didn't know you can go to the windows 7 -like control panel? Add that to the list.
[Windows 8 General] anxdadummy:
Aha! Yet another fly buzzing in the room - the wonders of Internet - it's rare but it does happen. Lesson learned. Thanks! :victory:

By the way does 8.1 allow more customization like font color and size? Win 8 is so limited.
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
You can change font size in windows 8.0

Colour I havent seen an option for. I personally don't see the usefulness of changing colour though seeming as the font colour (and even size) for most programs is defined within the program itself not via windows (its often hard coded too).

The only global way of changing font size is to change DPI settings which makes everything on screen larger or smaller, this applies to older windows versions too. Changing font size only changes the windows UI elements (also applying to older windows versions)
[Windows 8 General] anxdadummy:
Thanks I knew that place but the list of text sizes seemed incomplete. In particular no font size options for tabs or address fields. Specifically I was trying to change font sizes for BeyondCompare. Their support staff said the fonts were controlled by Windows.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raffles496:
If I change PPI of my phone with command: "ro.sf.lcd_density". on "build.prop"

i want change of "240" a "200", finished how: rof.sf.lcd_density=200

my question is, this change direct affect in the duration of my battery, or only affect less.

Sorry for my bad english. Greetings since Mexico.

LG P714 (L7X).....Battery 2460 mAh
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kelevra_96:
ppi lower than 250 should be fine and not use as much power as ppi over 400 so that said it wouldn't affect in a noticeable way your battery life
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alicarbovader:
i don't think ppi affects battery life, or even cpu performance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raffles496:
Thanks for your help. Change the valor of "240" to "190", and me not see some decrease of my battery life.

Conclusion? I think that change this parameter is not problem for our battery.

Greetings from Mexico and sorry for my bad English.
[One (M7) General] sabindaman:
I'd like to offer my phone to the dev community to be used to achieve unlock/s-off.

If the person is jcase or a similarly well known devs for providing such things(Unlimited.Io team) I'll be willing to let them borrow it for the project, otherwise I'll be willing to setup a remote connection on an extra computer I have for them to work with.

Devs PM me for contact information if you are interested.

[MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] I know you have said you aren't interested, but if you can pass around the word in your circles I would appreciate it.

Edit: It is a Verizon model hboot 1.54
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
I can reach out to those people for you
[One (M7) General] Maichel:
Me too!

Well, if I do not need to send in my device to anybody...I also would like to test if needed. The more devices, the better :)

If so, send me a PM.
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
is this a GSM HTC One a CDMA device

Beaups i know has a GSM unit

unsure if Jcase Owns a One

Fuses has a One GSM unit

I talk to beaups quite a bit and can inquire if this would help him in any way

unsure though
[One (M7) General] Maichel:
Ok. I am very new here so sorry I do not know these names yet :)

Anyway, if I can support in any way just let me know :)
[One (M7) General] sabindaman:
It is the VZW Model
[One (M7) General] bendalson:
This looks awesome
[One (M7) General] sabindaman:
I still have not heard from anyone interested did you hear back from people?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] opiuman:
A few days the phone stopped being able to charge while on/off from both wall/USB. Suspected it was due to the flex. Ordered one off of Ebay and when it came it looked identical to the one in the phone. Phone is about 14 months old so no more warranty (got it at IO 2012)

I did the standard instructions of removing the 6 screws with the battery and SIM card. Prying off the back cover, removing the screw for the bottom module along with the ribbon.

Disconnect the antenna, screen ribbon cable and the ribbon cable to the flex from mainboard. Replaced the flex underneath the vibration module and closed it all back up making sure to connect the 2 ribbon cables, the antenna and the cable from the bottom module to the flex but it still won't charge.

I can get it to be recognized in computer as a MTP/PTP device but it still won't charge from computer or wall while on or off. Is there anything else I can do or is this gone forever. Tried a factory reset as well but still won't charge, it was originally just running stock 4.3. Thanks. :(

EDIT: Battery under Settings says charging at the bottom but not at the top...

http://i.imgur.com/39XYzep.png
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leyvatron:
Get yourself a wall charger and 2 batteries. Rotate them.

For files you can use bluetooth, NFC, drop box, drive, copy , flicker, box, etc...

Edit: never mind. It connects just doesn't charge.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] opiuman:
Yea to clarify before I changed the flex, the phone couldnt connect be recognized by computer on USB. Now I have at least that but nothing else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tux_92:
I have the same problem but my nexus is already in warranty, so I try to resolve this problem with samsung!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] serch826:
my problema is backwards

After replaced the USB flat i can charge the phone, but the computer not recognizing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grim281:
I have the exact same problem. Replaced flex cable, still no charge. My pc recognized it with the old and new charge port as well. I had to re-activate my OG Droid until either the new HTC and G5 phones come out...sigh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sxm2:
long shot, but clean-up gold phone contact points for better conductivity?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ahmetcenk07:
Same Here

I think it happened after flashing 4.4.2 roms, i tried to flash different roms different cables, wall,pc,ps..nothing worked if it is on.When i turn off the gnex it is charging..Anyone?:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ahmetcenk07:
I think i have solved mine

Well it was getting really weird like discharging while it is connected(turned off). So i thought it is not related to rom. So i wiped dalvik cache and now it looks ok
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] machtwerk:
Any news on this topic? I've got the same problem, swapped the USB flex cable and it still isn't charging. I can connect via ADB though and in the battery details menu it says "charging" at the bottom, although it obviously isn't.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Raibbl:
Okay guys, I just finished a video on The new update for the tab 2. Its a review for the update :)

I hope you like it : ) and please subscribe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Ny-WyCW1o&feature=youtu.be

I hope I helped :) .......
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Rohan Taneja:
Official 4.2.2 :P too much laggy.... I reverted back to 4.1.2 :) ....
[General Topics] nht:
Is it possible to flash the ROM from a SD card? Or, is it a musto flash the ROM through Activesync?