Everyone is familiar now with the modern Windows desktop paradigm that's been around since On many OEM XP deployments these icons are readily accessible and are already on the desktop, but you can choose to add and remove them as you need to. You can get to them on XP by right clicking on the desktop, choosing "Properties", clicking on the Desktop tab and choose "Customize Desktop". We've been doing things this way since , and we all know these menus and dialogs like the back of our hands by now.
With Build of Windows 7, Microsoft decided to give end-users a clean slate on their destkop instead of their familiar navigation icons.
Out of the box, you have to get to your favorite places from the new Start Menu, which will leave many veteran Windows users confused and frustrated. You can put them back, but it's not intuitive. You have to right click on the desktop and choose "Personalize" a naming convention change from Properties and then click on "Change Desktop Icons". This is a change that was introduced in Windows Vista, but again, many users will experience this first with Windows 7. Arguably this is less mouse clicks than XP, but it's still a change.
I also think that taking away the icons and making the end-users put them back manually is a bad decision. I also don't like the name change of the root folder "My Documents" to the default user name, which is a change that was introduced in Windows Vista. Table of Contents. Subscribe on YouTube! Did you enjoy this tip? We cover Windows, Mac, software and apps, and have a bunch of troubleshooting tips and how-to videos. Click the button below to subscribe! How to Fix a Water Damaged Keyboard.
Whether you upgraded just the operating system , or purchased a new computer with Windows 7 , odds are good that you are making the switch from Windows XP.
While the differences between the user interface in Windows Vista and Windows 7 may be minimal, Windows XP users will have a little bit of a learning curve to understand the new features and conventions of Windows 7. Some of the functions and capabilities of Windows 7 will depend on the version of Windows 7 you end up using. Judging from the systems available from retailers like Best Buy, the Windows 7 Home Premium edition is apparently the de facto standard for consumer-oriented systems.
Windows XP users are used to being able to add commonly used programs to the Quick Launch toolbar. When I ran Windows XP I actually expanded the Taskbar to double the normal height to make more room for applications in the Quick Launch toolbar as well as more real estate for open programs to be minimized to the Taskbar. See that search box in the upper right corner? Does it make sense that you have to click the Display icon and then choose the Screen Saver tab to get there?
You know those steps because you've been doing it that way for 14 years, but it's hardly intuitive. By contrast, in Windows Vista and Windows 7, you type the word screen into the search box, and the list automatically filters as you type. I think this result list is pretty helpful:. For an even better example, try finding the option to show hidden files in Windows Explorer. Now, would the average person know that file settings are under Folder Options?
That hardly seems intuitive. The very first option on the list takes you to the correct tab on the correct dialog box, with exactly one click. That's a huge improvement over the XP solution; in fact, when I open Control Panel in Windows XP I am enormously frustrated over the inability to do anything except drill down into icons to find the right one. The real problem most XP users will have when migrating to the Windows 7 interface is that they need to unlearn those old navigation models.
The longer you've been using PCs, the more likely you are to reflexively assume that the solution is to pull down a menu or double-click an icon.
Those techniques worked fine back in the s, but today, with instant search available just about everywhere in the Windows UI, those old techniques are as dated as a pair of Dockers. If you're an XP veteran, take some time to learn why the new interface was designed the way it was. Believe me, those designers and usability professionals didn't just make this stuff up.
If you're willing to learn a few new techniques, I guarantee your productivity will increase over time.
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