14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 8 was launched in October 2012 and soon after its public debut, Microsoft was pretty much invaded with complaints coming from users who didn't manage to get around the operating system because of the changes that the company made to the interface.
Believe it or not, but today some users are still having a really hard time trying to adapt, especially because of the Modern UI and the desktop mix that's available on all devices running Windows 8.
A message posted on Microsoft's Community forums by one of the users who can't find anything good in Windows 8 confirms that the UI confusion lives on even though the operating system was launched exactly 592 days ago.
Here's the message he posted a few days ago on the forums in full:
“It still sucks. I have tried for 9 months to adjust, it just makes no sense at all. I want it uninstalled and I want to go back to Windows 7. It is causing me problems, the file types are all mixed up in a jumble. it doesn’t follow any pattern, that I can learn and follow. I am not inept. I have built websites.
“This seems to be a pattern. Microsoft: make good operational universal operating system then a crappy one so we have to keep buying a new one to be basically operational. $$$ that is what it boils down to. I have wasted many hours I don’t have time to waste.”
As you can see, the touch-optimized UI remains the biggest problem for all users who are trying to adapt, especially because it's a completely new feature that replaces the very familiar Start menu.
Microsoft, however, tried to fix some of the issues that users experienced with Windows 8 by rolling out two important updates, namely Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update, both of which are available for free for everyone who installed the core operating system.
At the same time, Redmond is planning even more changes that could make the operating system as a whole a little bit less confusing, including the addition of a Start menu that might replace the Start screen on the desktop.
The new Start menu could be here as soon as Windows 9, so expect the next full version of Windows to tackle the confusion around Microsoft's flagship product in a more effective way, especially on computers where mice and keyboards are still the main input method.