Re: Why do people ignore the Start Menu?

1. It takes less time-load desktop-click icon vs load desktop-click Start
Menu-scroll down start menu-click icon.
2. Some people download stuff to their desktop so they can find it
easily.(Ever forget a filename for something you downloaded, or the name of
the folder you stored it in?).
3.Some people don't know how to create a folder, and download items there.
4. Some apps put icons on the desktop automatically.
5.Some people-me-hate XP's ability to hide unused icons.


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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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