Win 8 Consumer preview - Change startscreen BG ?

[Zyraz]

Hi does anyone know if you can change the start screen background and how ?

 

[bekdik]

Hi does anyone know if you can change the start screen background and how?

I'm pretty sure that someone does.

 

[Zyraz]

I found it dont worry thanks
Check my other thread HERE but instead of selecting lock screen , you select start screen at the top
Its a pity though that you can not replace it with an image file but they do give you other styles to choose from.

 

[Zyzzyva]

I approached this whole thing with real enthusiasm, but i must say after a few days of using it i just can't bring myself to like it. It tries to do everything but does northing well. Its a frankenOS. Its almost like microsoft woke up one morning and decided the best way to transition from a land rover to a Lamborghini is to cut each in half and weld them together down the middle seam. Eish, its a bit of a disaster tbh.

Metro just seems so wasteful on a desktop computer, and really not that pretty, which is sad considering you give up so much space to achieve the look. Sure, i suspect it might make more sense on a tablet but on the desktop it just feels so wrong. In trying to compete with tablets microsoft have really screwed up the desktop experience. Perhaps by windows 9 or 10 it will all come together, but for now i think most normal humans are going to hate it - atleast when using it on existing non touch hardware.

Booting into OSX or windows 7 just brings with it such a sense of relief, which is kinda sad when you think about it. Microsoft are a 100 billion dollar company, surely they could do better?

I predict that Apple are going to pick up a lot of new customers looking for some order and peace.

 

[Barfish88]

Installed it, messed around a bit, reloaded windows 7. I dont really like windows 8

 

[Zyraz]

I think it will take some getting used to .
I think a lot of the thought around designing Windows 8 went into touch screen usability.
Makes sense for a company doing different platforms to create a "one size fits all" interface.
Still have not tested performance vs Windows 7 yet so Im still undecided.

 

[Zyzzyva]

I think it will take some getting used to .
I think a lot of the thought around designing Windows 8 went into touch screen usability.
Makes sense for a company doing different platforms to create a "one size fits all" interface.
Still have not tested performance vs Windows 7 yet so Im still undecided.

It's never good design to combine a hammer and a pliers. They are too different, and combining them just leaves both far from ideal. Sure, i think in time it will feel a bit more comfortable, but it will never be as good as it could be.

 

[Zyraz]

It's never good design to combine a hammer and a pliers.

Hmmm , you dont think this is handy ? :erm: