Re: Why do people ignore the Start Menu?

How can you say that ??

I use mainly toolbars and start menu for shortcuts so that i don't have to
minimize any programs to get to the Desktop.
I have auto-hide toolbars on Desktop that i use for Desktop icons instead
of showing icons on Desktop.



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<bac6567@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Can someone explain why they don't use the Start Menu for program
| shortcuts? Why dump icons all over your Desktop when it cuts off their
| names and forces you to minimize running apps? It also covers up
| wallpaper photos.
|
| I can see putting a handful of icons on the Desktop, but not a whole
| %#@! hard-drive's worth. At work, how many people regularly use more
| than 4 or 5 programs, and how many monitors have 30 to 50 icons all
| over the screen? I don't get it. Just stick the rarely-used ones in the
| Start Menu. That way you'll be able to read their full names when you
| try to remember what they're for. You can also put them in handy
| categories.
|
| I'd like a logical explanation for the general shunning of the Start
| Menu. It's been around since Win95 but many crowded Desktops still
| resemble the Win 3.x era. What do the homes of these users look like?
| Toys and junk all over the floor?
|
| Brad
|
|
| (sense of humor, please)
|


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