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It's true, the START MENU is coming BACK to Windows 8, hiss sources
Microsoft's forthcoming wave of Windows updates will streamline the OS and will even see the return of the much-missed Start menu, according to new reports. Rumors that Redmond is planning a new round of updates to the various forms of its OS first surfaced last week, with ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reporting that Microsoft will …
Add a one time install option to use a traditional start menu and assign default file associations to desktop instead of Modern apps, and 99% of the whinging will go away.
If you could also pick up Modern apps from the start menu icon and drag to snap onto the desktop...boom. Best of both, desktop people are happy, Modern is still there so people can use the nice aspects of it and get used to it, slab users stay as is.
Have you tried Stardock's ModernMix? It's worth a look - that and Start8 available for $7.99.
To be honest, this would only solve 35% of my whinging. I still have a significant number of gripes with Windows 8 - not the least being that Microsoft seem to think that their own customers aren't worth listening to - but this would move it from "no go" territory into "I will reluctantly agree to work with this".
The other 50% of my whinging won't be addressed until Microsoft deal with the clusterfuck that is VDI licensing.
If Microsoft is serious about fixing Windows 8, then the instant I see proof that this is happening I will write Microsoft a personal thank you, a thank you from my company (a Microsoft Partner) as well as publish a thank you on The Register, WeBreakTech, Trevorpott.com, Petri.co.il and everywhere else I can get it published. They will deserve that for finally acknowledging that we are the customer and we won't buy something unless it meets our needs.
But Microsoft and I can't be friends until VDI licensing is fixed. That's just the way it has to be.
Having listened to almost the entire world Microsoft realise they should be selling a product that people want rather than a product they say we should have.
Most likely find sales of Win 8 will increase in a significant scale.
"Having listened to almost the entire world Microsoft realise they should ....."
You lost me there, I'm afraid.
Microsoft don't listen, they never have, they never will. This is simply a further financial knee jerk reaction to the slow motion commercial car crash that is Windows 8.
If Microsoft had listened to the W8 beta testers they wouldn't be in this mess. If they reacted quickly to the disastrous launch and negative publicity they wouldn't be here. If they'd listened in the meanwhile, looked at the various shell extensions the market is offering to fix W8, and then done 8.1 properly they wouldn't be in this place. So what are the chances of Microsoft listening and 8.2 doing the necessary job?
Give me any occaision when Microsoft have showed real contrition, recognised a past mistake, listened to users, and made appropriate amends? Take Vista - they did fix it in the end - but you had to pay for the fixed version that they called Windows 7. Leaving customers to put up with the dogs breakfast of Vista for eighteen months, and then expecting them to stump up twice for a working, stable OS, is that the same as contrition and listening to users?
I would point out I'm using W8.1 on the small fleet of home and family machines I support, and with Classic Shell it is probably even better than W7. But Microsoft's failed attempt to mollify the peasants with a 3.5 Gb reinstall, that failed to being back the functionality that people wanted shows the bad place they are in.
How can it require a near full OS reinstall and 3.5 gig of code to add a sodding start button that has virtually no functionality, when third party add ons bring vastly more capability in less than 1% of the same volume of code? And given all this, what is the chance that Microsoft will manage to get it right third time. Worse still, all these repeat attempts to fix W8 distract management from critical things like security. There is no reason in 2013 why Windows should not be as secure for the average user as OS X. Instead it remains a rats nest of critical vulnerabilities, or weeping security sores, with zero day flaws cropping up with monotonous regularity. Meanwhile all the executive effort over the past three years has goine into forcing an unsuitable and unwanted new UI onto customers, and then repeat efforts to fix the resulting problems.
Can a leopard change its spots? Probably not, but Microsoft aren't even trying.
Have you tried Stardock's ModernMix? It's worth a look - that and Start8 available for $7.99.
I love how the MicroSoft apologists are of the belief that an additional Piece of Third-Party Commercial Software (In this case as per the usual), from Stardock for $7.99(USD), can make up for all the ills of MicroSoft's $175.00+(USD) Piece of sh-- OS...
If this Story has the least bit of creditability to it, they [i.e. MicroSoft] would do very well indeed to step it up a few notches and be ready to launch next Spring.
"...a UI designed for keyboards and mice."
"...a UI designed for keyboards and mice."
OMG, what an amazing concept. It would be quite useful to have a UI designed for keyboards and mice for all those PCs that are equipped with keyboards and mice.
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
"This is simply a further financial knee jerk reaction to the slow motion commercial car crash that is Windows 8."
Actually Windows + Office revenue is up and still increasing....
Too right!
I agree 100% with you. "Classic Shell" is a superb, free-of-charge add-on to Windows 8 which turns it into a faster Windows 7 desktop arrangement. Security is simply not being addressed properly by the mainstream players. I wrote a free-of-charge security product for Windows ( jacobsm.com/mjsoft.htm ) called MJ Registry Watcher that safeguards the registry and all system files by monitoring for changes and, when something does attempt to change one of these sensitive system areas, it instantly undoes the change and allows you to choose whether to allow the change to happen. It uses next to no resources, runs on everything from Windows 95 to Windows 8.1, and does not need any signature files to be kept up-to-date. If anything tries to get into an "auto-start" situation, MJ Registry Watcher will stop it and kill it! It has silent modes of operation, including a service mode, and it can email people when alerts occur, for example, when it is running on our public-facing web-servers, it can keep my team informed of any changes to the server's configuration. <sweeping generalisation>All the best software is free-of-charge!</sweeping generalisation>
Re: "...a UI designed for keyboards and mice."
...but not just any keyboard or mouse ...
Re: "...but not just any keyboard or mouse ..."
...the keyboard and mouse that iGod(TM) gave you!
"Actually Windows + Office revenue is up and still increasing...."
I beg to differ.
My (small) company is (/ was?) a Microsoft reseller, simply because I think there's a good and honest market for desktops with Windows 7 and Office 2010. I also think quite positively about Server 2008. Heck, we even sold several solutions and some customers who we're still in contact with are still quite happy with their environment(s).
But the thing is; I can't sell Windows 8. Not merely because I hate it with a passion and steer clear from it best I can, but because my company simply doesn't have the resources required for its after sales. Meaning: getting customers on the phone at a regular interval because they're having a hard time with Windows 8. This goes double when those customers have upgraded from Windows XP. That is our experience, we sold a few Windows 8 licenses to customers who upgraded their Windows XP versions and didn't want the "old" Windows 7 but the most current Windows. Even though the EOL of both products lies closely together.
A first walk though on site went normally. But then, several days later, the real issues began. Because those customers don't turn to Microsoft or the Internet or whatever for support. They turn to us. Rightfully so, after all we sold it to them, but ye gods...
And for those who don't understand my frustration: the after sales,or support, goes out of our own pocket. We make a profit on selling the license, we make a lot more profit on the time required to setup their environment, but we don't make any money on trying to help people out over the phone. That only costs us time and time is money.
Office 2013? Apart from Microsoft's own push of their 365 subscription model this is also something I'd rather not sell. In our experience a lot of people who upgrade from 2010 (or earlier) run into issues as well. Usually small issues, but annoyances still.
Personally I think that Office 2013 has had a huge makeover to first make sure it would look at feel as closely as possible to the Office 365 web interface, which I consider a huge setback given the limited functionality of said web interface. But second to cover for the lack of functionality which you have in Windows 8.
Think about it: in Win7 I can start Word from my start menu or jump right to a file which I'm after. If Word sits in the "recent program list" (the left side of your start menu) or has been docked on the task bar then you can simply hover or right click and enter the jumplists. All your recently used files, with also an option to pin files which you need to be available at all times.
Windows 8 doesn't have this any more. That is; you can still pin icons on your desktop application's taskbar, but that makes working a whole lot more trivial: "Click start, click the desktop, right click the Word icon and access the jumplist".
So what did MS do? The moment you start Word you're taken directly to the "back stage" view where you can opt to start a new document or open an old one. You can't tell Word that it should always start with a new document unless you're opening one yourself.
All of those changes annoy a lot of Office users it seems. Quite frankly we saw our sale numbers go down, not up. But do keep in mind that we're a rather small company, and selling software and the likes is not our core business.
Microsofts problem is that they're still not used to competition. They're totally clueless. Even up to a point where they introduce change for the sake of change because, in their vision, "change sells". Apparently unaware that if people don't like said change they either don't upgrade or worse: bail and jump on the competitors bandwagon.
Amazingly enough we did see a rise in people asking us about OpenOffice (after which we also make them aware of LibreOffice) as well as asking us how much it would cost them for us to come over and install it.
Re: the MicroSoft apologists
Whilst yes third-party software shouldn't be necessary to deliver basic functionality, it shouldn't be forgotten that with Win3.n (and to a lesser extent with later versions) it was normal to have to use (and pay for) third-party utility software to deliver useful functionality...
>>> Have you tried Stardock's ModernMix? It's worth a look - that and Start8 available for $7.99.
Why have so many commentards voted this down? It's good advice and the ModernMix/Start8 combo is excellent.
It's probably because of some stupid internet thing about hating the founder of Stardock, or something.
Who honestly cares. You constantly have to buy things through people which probably aren't all that great.
Maybe that local greengrocer hit his wife. Maybe the local butcher runs red lights.
Had enough of Microsoft..
They deserve to be stuck in the past for the sake of us all
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
They definitely deserve to be stuck in the past.
Please, please, STFU about the start menu. Android, iOS, OSX, Ubuntu ("stock") are all just fine without something similar.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
Android and iOS are consumptive, monotasking operating systems. You don't do productivity work on them, so nobody cares overmuch if they suck giant monkey balls at actually being useful.
OSX has a dock bar that is almost a start menu - it's far better than Windows' task bar - and it has an application folder that works just like a start menu, can be resized, moved around, and - most critically - can be on the screen at the same time as other items, important for then you're trying to follow instructions or do research.
Ubuntu with unity is quite shit, as the rise of Mint has proven more than adequately.
An OS without a productivity interface is fine for the majority of devices because the majority of devices are consumptive - not productive - in nature. There are still hundreds of millions of units per year that will ship with a productive OS, even if that number is overwhelmingly dwarfed by the consumptive fondletat.
So, STFU about your desire to impose your way of life on everyone else. We're demanding choice. You're demanding we don't get access to said choice. That makes you an asshole, pure and simple.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
Any interface that demands the pre-requisite knowledge that you have to hover the pointer over this particular screen edge and quickly move it in a certain way in order to access e.g. the settings menu is f***ed up big time. The whole idea of WIMP and GUI is exactly that, it's got visual feedback. Out of the box, Windows 8 alienates the end user. OK, so with OSX you can hide the dock etc. but you can control that behaviour - hot corners turned off by default, dock hiding turned off by default etc etc. Windows 8, turn it on and it's not so much an OOBE, but a WTF?E
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers @Trevor_Pott 10:17
"So, STFU about your desire to impose your way of life on everyone else. We're demanding choice. You're demanding we don't get access to said choice. That makes you an asshole, pure and simple."
He's demanding no such thing. He's asking that you stop whining. As for imposing one's way of life on everyone else? Always seems to be the goal of those who don't like MS rather than the other way round, to be honest. At least you were right when you earlier admitted to being a loud-mouthed opinionated dick.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers @Trevor_Pott 10:17
No, he's pretty clear that he believes OSes are better without a start menu and that he would much rather future versions of Windows - or anything else, for that matter - don't come with them. In other words, he wants everyone else to not have choice regarding their OS UI simply because he prefers something different.
Demanding that those who protest a lack of choice be silent is a dick move. Almost as big of a dick move as denying individuals choice in the first place. Shockingly, however, I think you'll find that I don't hold the opinions of assholes like him - or supports of assholes such as yourself - in high regard at all.
I'd go so far as to say I hold them in sever contempt. Contempt enough that their anger, irritation and moral outrage are like the duclet tones on pure ecstasy to me. I revel in their outrage. I dine upon their annoyance. I revel in their pettiness.
So yeah, I stand up for the little guy, I demand choice and I believe that your money is yours to spend as you choose; you shouldn't be tricked, coerced, locked-in, or otherwise made to buy what you don't want. I believe that if you want to sell something you should have to sell what people want. 'm a loud-mouthed opinionated dick that's for the people.
The dude above is an asshole, and you're a jackass. Isn't the internet awesome? Have a great time, buddy, and I hope one day you find something that brings you joy other than stepping on others. Seems like you could use something worthwhile in your life. Peace.
Edited to add: and where is it written that I don't like MS? The endpoint division can go fuck itself with a rusty rake - though maybe I'll decide otherwise if they fix Windows 8 - and I hate the licensing department more than all but a handful of humans on earth. That's well known. But there's lots of Microsoft, and I am pretty much in love with the STB guys. How binary does one's mind have to be that criticism of one area must be hatred for the whole?
Microsoft and I can't be friends because continuing to give them money is validating their bad decisions. That doesn't mean I don't think there's a shitload of fantastic, intelligent people doing great works there, because there are.
It means that I don't give the person abusing me a shiny new tungsten baseball bat on their birthday. I walk the fuck out of the house and don't come back until they had a quite serious amount of counselling. Things for you to consider (if that is indeed something you are willing and capable of doing.)
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers @Trevor_Pott 10:17
I'm also a loudmouthed, opinionated dick who can't spell. Really should put Swype on this thing and get used to using it. Or get a keyboard cover. Hmm....now I want a keyboard cover for a Galaxy Note 2...
Edit: well there's lots for that 10.1" monstrosity that uses the note name, but I'm having the devil's own time finding one for the phone. Curses!
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
It's not about choice, I don't get to make the design decisions, I only get to use what Microsoft, Apple, Canonical, et al, decide to provide. At some some point in the evolution of their products all those vendors have to make a change & we consumers are obliged to accomodate those changes (by accepting or moving on)
Microsoft have had to make significant choices in order to stay relevant (maintain share) in the onslaught of mobile & cloud, their entrenchment as the legacy owner of the desktop workstation OS drove something radical.
From a productivity perspective, I have always found the Windows Start menu & selecting items from it to actually be a hinderance. I developed my use of keyboard shortcuts, the Windows 8 app selection process is very easy: hit the start key, type a few unique characters of the application name & you're there.
I'm disappointed that posters resort to personal insults while describing their point of view against others. I don't think that's necessary but a little profanity (in an adjective form) or terseness should be excused as we don't all have the time to post in verbose form and, really, is commenting that serious an endeavour?
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
And, how are these things similar to WIndows? Barring Ubuntu, which is also a piece of junk. Which is why I use Mint Linux....
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
" we consumers are obliged to accomodate those changes (by accepting or moving on)"
Bullshit. We are obliged to do no such thing. We have free will and the right to lobby corporations, designers and even governments to reverse decisions we don't like. We have the right to lobby for choice. We have no obligation whatsoever to simply suck it up and take it.
Doubly so when there is "nowhere else to go." And let me pre-empt the bullshit "well it's simple to just up and change" by saying that if you were even thinking that was a legitimate bit of internet commentard assholishness I hope a bus hits you in the crotch. Repeatedly. You fucking know better.
You stand up to bullies, you don't mew meekly in a corner. Bullies com in all forms, even monopolistic corporations with a death grip on a market segment. Especially monopolistic corporations with a death grip on a market segment. You are under no obligation to hand your abuser back the baseball bat after they're done beating you just because there's no other shelter you can find.
Your worldview makes me despair.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. @ Wanda Lust
"I'm disappointed that posters resort to personal insults while describing their point of view against others. I don't think that's necessary but a little profanity (in an adjective form) or terseness should be excused...."
So telling people they are "whingers", and because you don't share their opinion they should "STFU" should be excused because you don't like the vitriolic response that it got?
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
Only use Ubuntu regularly - it's awful too.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
"It's not about choice, I don't get to make the design decisions, I only get to use what Microsoft, Apple, Canonical, et al, decide to provide. "
No. It really is about choice. I make choices all the time, i life and not just computers ... and I don't rely on people telling me what I want.
" At some some point in the evolution of their products all those vendors have to make a change & we consumers are obliged to accomodate those changes (by accepting or moving on)"
No. I am not obliged to accommodate anything I don't like... See me point about choice above.
"I developed my use of keyboard shortcuts"
So do I, in Windows 7 it works just fine.
"I'm disappointed that posters resort to personal insults while describing their point of view against others. "
So, I would suggest you tone down the condescending tone of your post to stop inviting them.
" I don't think that's necessary but a little profanity (in an adjective form) or terseness should be excused as we don't all have the time to post in verbose form and, really, is commenting that serious an endeavour?"
Again, do you see the condescending slant there?
How can you argue that we should not have a choice? How do you feel justified with that?
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
> Please, please, STFU about the start menu.
Seriously, go fuck yourself.
Search-for-everything is an utterly retarded UI design decision, in Windows 8 and in Ubuntu.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
>>> Only use Ubuntu regularly - it's awful too.
I installed Ubuntu earlier this year.
First impression: Awesome and does everything windows does. Why doesn't everyone install this?
Second impression: It crashes and hangs. A lot. Yet the Linux pricks still talk about the BSOD that no one has seen since around 2001.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
> I installed Ubuntu earlier this year
I'm sorry to hear that. As you've noticed it's temperamental and has almost as bad GUI as Windows 8. To this day I've been unable to get Ubuntu Desktop to run stably in emulation (Ubuntu Server is a completely different beast, perhaps because it doesn't have a GUI).
I recommend Linux Mint instead, it's a considerably more pleasant experience. As a bonus it too is based on Debian, so all commands, tips & tricks for Ubuntu also work with Linux Mint.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
"At some some point in the evolution of their products all those vendors have to make a change & we consumers are obliged to accomodate those changes (by accepting or moving on)"
Rubbish. If Microsoft implement a crap interface and provide no way of working around it, I'm not forced to either accept it or move to a different OS (ie Linux). The third option is to shun that particular version of Windows, stick with one that works properly for what I use it for (Windows 7), then make damn sure that Microsoft is aware that I think Windows 8 is a mistake.
If everyone quietly accepts even when they disagree, MS will continue to steamroller over everyone. If enough people shun that version of Windows and complain, MS eventually are forced to react. They did it with Vista (by fixing it and calling it Windows 7), then they tried to do the same thing with Windows 8.1 (although not successfully - hence the continuing complains and the further planned concessions).
And to go back to the first point, nobody is demanding that MS get rid of Metro and force the Start Menu on everyone again. I'm fully aware that not everyone loves it. The only thing anyone is asking for is choice. MS used to provide this, Windows 8 is the first version that doesn't. That is the crux of the problem.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
Don't hold back, Trevor. Say what you really think :-)
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
I can't say what I really think. If I did I'd never be allowed to write on these forums again. Believe me, this is quite toned down.
Re: Had enough of Microsoft.. start menu whingers
I expect you think that the marketing ploy called "The Ribbon" is usable as well.
Despite the fact that 60% of users still hate it apparently.
Too little, too late?
They might as well extend the XP support period until 2015 which is when most people will next upgrade unless they absolutely have to.
Re: Too little, too late?
Frankly if they even charged a modest fee for support of XP until 2015 many people would be happy to pay.
Re: Too little, too late?
Well it's too late for me. I didn't like the direction MS was going with Windows and as I don't game anymore I decided to move to Linux full time (I was prevously only dabbling in it). I appreciate that it's not for everyone and there are annoyances with it for me but the choice of how I want it to look and act was the killer decision.
Re: Too little, too late?
" I didn't like the direction MS was going with Windows and as I don't game anymore."
Boy are you in for some bad news now that Steam is on Linux then....
Re: Too little, too late?
5 Thumbs down for SteamOS / Box? Naggh this place isn't pwned by MicroSoft Shrills now is it?
I just wish they'd add proper proxy support to Metro apps. You can now import the IE desktop proxy settings via the command line but it only works for fixed proxies. It doesn't do proxy.pac or WPAD which is a 100% necessity here. Which means I can't even get weather.
Re: Proxies
To be fair, that's where you're going wrong - Metro apps are totally pointless and not actually intended for use.
So.. Three different versions of Windows... one for the Home desktop, one for enterprise, and one for slates and phones.
Is this as well as, or instead of the current Slate and Phone versions?
Is there a migration path if it's replacing those?
Will it be a simple upgrade from current versions, or a product by product roll out?
... I'm getting a thoroughly Modern headache!
Microsoft put considerable effort into convincing developers there would be platform convergence and at least broad app compatibility across pc,tablet and phone before completely failing to deliver it in Win8. Today's plan is little more than saying "trust us, this time we'll really deliver what we promised last time".
The only change is finally conceding they cocked up the desktop+mouse+keyboard experience though I'll be shocked if they actually revert the metro look&feel vandalism that makes it so unpleasant to use. Good thing 3rd parties have already reverted out most of the chrome breakage - the vanished or de-emphasised visual cues that just make metro mode look dull in comparison.
re: different versions
Home, enterprise, slates, phones. Isn't that four versions? Although the home and enterprise OS systems run the same code, so three after all. Then again 32-bit x86 systems don't run 64-bit and 64-bit won't run DOS software... And I thought WinPho was a subset of WinRT or something like that. And Windows CE is still available. So how many code bases do we have?
Can I run any selected 32-bit Linux ELF binaries on Android devices? If the software needs re-compilation what's the difference? ARM compiled software won't work on MIPS platforms without compilation and more or less source diving. Doesn't this apply to Windows and Apple software as well?
OSX and IOS are incompatible. Why aren't people whining about this? Apple, of all vendors, should have the means of unifying things because they're the sole provider of both OS's and the hardware as well. Rosetta made it work when they transitioned to Intel a decade ago.
OSX and IOS are incompatible. Why aren't people whining about this?
Because one's a consumptive OS and the other's a productive OS and there isn't a rational reason the twain should meet?
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> OSX and IOS are incompatible. Why aren't people whining about this?
Possibly because Apple never made a big deal of how they'd have the same codebase and be able to run the same software irregardless of hardware? Microsoft did that, you know. As recently as last year Microsoft still maintained that all versions of windows were supposed to have converged by 2014.
Start Screen vs Start Menu
Please don't bring the start menu!
Ok from Win 95 through Win2000 it was a good idea compared from what went before. Having a button in the bottom corner which was a constant and therefore could always be accessed made using a computer a lot easier, having a simple menu structure activate from that button was logical. I feel things started to go downhill when WinXP arrived with a two column start menu. In Vista is just got far too complicated, a lot of functions were cramed into a small area, it got more difficult to use and navigate, as well as slower to use.
The Start Screen could be a great interface, at the moment it just feels underdeveloped. Having the much larger area of the whole screen should give a better experience. If they improved the layout flexibility, the auto-arrange-inverted-gravity is a bit of a pain (Win Phone has a similar problem but it is a bit better).
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They Don't Point, but Flushers Have Their Bird Cues Too
I really like the lead time a pointing dog gives for shooting upland birds. I owned Brittanys for 10 years and have hunted with friends' pointers all my life. A point gives you time to change up from stalking mode to shooting mode. It's a big advantage over fast-flying game birds.
But, I've owned flushing dogs most my hunting life. There are many ways a flusher will cue it's near a bird. My late English springer spaniel, "Wolf," would "porpoise" into the air and yip if he was close to a bird. He also ran faster and held his nose more to the ground when on a hot trail. In addition to pace, many other flushing dog owners keep their eyes keyed on dogs' tails, as the more it wags, the birdy-er that dog is.
Wolf hunted with pointers so much, in fact, that he started "flash" pointing himself as he got older. In case you don't know, a flash point is just that, a quick point before the dog once again breaks into running pursuit of a bird. Even a flash point is helpful in telling me to get ready for a flush and shot – and it improved my kill rate. My current springer, now six-years-old, has yet to flash point – we'll see.
Not that I'd ever say a flusher is better than a pointer or vice versa; it's really a matter of personal hunting style and how you're geared. I just prefer the faster pace of hunting a flusher provides. I love the more dynamic, unbroken flow of following a flusher and the added challenge of having to quickly stop and make a shot in one, unbroken action. When it works, to me, there's nothing like it in the hunting world.
If you have a flushing dog, what are the birdy cues?
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My last Springer would stop, look around for me, then stare at a bush before going in for the flush. When I told people about this, most had no comment but looked at me very funny. Finally my wife saw him do this several times and was able to verify my story. I sure miss that old boy. He was so obsessed with hunting.
I love it Steve…I've had dogs do that too. It's like they are talking to you…and they are, in their own way. Bird hunting is my favorite because of the movement, fast pace and the DOGS!
I've owned & hunted ESS all my life. Had nothing else but Springers. From show stock to field trial. When there on foot scent the head is down & once they hit body scent the head is raised. The dog scenses the bird is near. Field stock dogs have a much bolder flush, which is a given if you partake in field trialing your dog. Body language, body movement,excessive drive, down to the tail wagging, etc., is all part of an individual dogs makeup. Knowing how to control that energy is where the fun begins. And, I wouldn't have any other way.
Thanks Jim. You can always tell a springer man…the fire in the belly really comes through(just like a springer)! It kills me to see my springer Hunter languishing at home now…like parking a Ferrari in the garage…what a waste of a top performer.
I have always said the dog you are currently hunting with is "the best dog" you have hunted with. I have had my share of flushers and pointers, mostly pointers. It doesn't matter as long as you have a dog that hunts next to you and comes when you call it in.
My English Springer Smudge passed in 2012 – she would yip when she was hot on a bird -100% guaranteed. I've downsized to an English Cocker now – Midge – and she starts to "kangaroo" when she's on a bird, we'll see what other tells she develops.
My Springer Hunter would snort like a pig when he got birdy. He would literally be taking in the scent and grunt like a pig when the trail was hot.
I love it Duncan……there's nothing like a springer on a hot trail, gulping the scent, primed and pumped to put 'em in the air for his master!
Dick, 'tells' is a good term…….springers are so communicative……..they are second only to border collies in intelligence.
Pointer, shmointer…there's nothing like a lab for pheasants. Buck (the greatest pheasant dog to ever live) gets obviously birdy when he gets a scent. His body language changes…nose down, more jerky motions, tail going like a propeller. Better be ready for a rooster. Good dog!
LOL Scott…….I love a springer's size for my lifestyle and handling, but I do wish they had the brute force a big Lab brings to the field, especially in sloughs and also for waterfowl. That's why have male springers….a bit larger.
My Springer Droopy would look like he was plugged in to an electric wire the closer he got to birds. He had a stubbed tail and it would go like a whirly bird just before he stuck his nose in cover. If you watched Droopy, you shot birds.
I've hunted ESS for over 20 years. I currently have two at home and will probably get my fifth one this spring. My older dog will "porpoise" when close to a bird in grassy cover. It's a fault! The fault likely developed from the dog successfully trapping a bird on a flush at some point. When close,the dog should drive into the bird and make a solid flush. The "porpoise" action and the yip will merit a "Thank you" and an early dismissal from a judge at a field trial. I've been there.
Jerome, I respect field trailing……..did a little myself when I had Brits……I've never trialed with my ESS, but can't imagine holding back their boundless spirit!
Be VERY careful trying to control your dog's enthusiasm. You can take it out but you can NEVER put it back in. So what if he yips or porpoises. That's what him YOUR dog. It's just his thing and that's why you love him and what makes him special. I tried for a while to get Buck quiet enough at the line to run hunt tests and was successful enough to get his HR and Uh titles but he hated it and it made him nervous so I retired him to a life of busting cover after roosters which he loves even at the ripe old age of 12
Well aid about curbing enthusiasm……..it comes down to what you have a dog for……….winning ribbons or tail feathers!
Well, you fella's might have some good dogs but if you don't own a Deutsch Drahthaar, (VDD), you ain't huntin birds, you're just chasin your spaniels around hopin they bump into sumpin.
This last season my Lab (4 years old) finally came into his own. not that I'm complaining , he is a great dog, my best friend. Now if my shooting could only improve. He was always energetic and willing, just seemed a little sidetracked. More interested in marking territory than finding birds. This season, he step his game up a notch,and showed definite signs when he got birdy. Actually pinned a bird d
own with one paw on its tail and one on the birds back. Definitely agree with the post that your best bird dog is the one you have now! Pointer, Flusher doesn't matter, as long as your hunting with a friend, your dog.
Yep Wonoo, my experience is at four years a bird dog starts to 'get it.' Your Lab will only get better from now on.
That's encouraging to hear Mark….my dogs in the past always took a few years to "get it"……
Wonoo: Not sure when you first put your dog on birds but my experience has been the sooner the better. I put my dogs on live pigeons as soon as they know their name (8-9 wks. old). I really believe that the sooner they get after live birds the sooner they will "get it". Experience also tells me that they get better every time they go out so your dog will too. Good luck and keep working with your buddy.
I love hunting over a pointer, but since I don't own a dog, I'll take whatever my friends bring, as lot as they are good dogs. I think every dog, pointer or flusher has tells. The ones I have hunted with all get more "focused" when on scent.
A couple of times we have been walking back from the field (assuming the hunt is over) with my friend's lab and she stops listening to us, won't heel. Both times she has busted birds. Now we know when she won't come, she is on scent.
My lab Buck is the same way. he is very obedient but occasionally will ignore me and every time he has done that, he has flushed a bird. I was guiding last year and we were back at the trucks. Buck was out of sight and when I whistled twice and he didn't come I told the guys "get your guns cuz the next sound you hear will be a bird flushing" Sure enough about 10 seconds later we heard the bird get up.
Scott….I come from the same school as you..the earlier the better. I know the Field trial boys I know disagree, they say too many bad habits are picked up by a young pup. I'm looking for a gun dog and a bird dog, not a field trial dog. So a few mistakes for me are tolerable. God knows I make a few…..
Wonoo: I'm with you brother. A wall full of hunt test ribbons and titles are nice but I'll trade 'em all for a bird finding machine.
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LTE needs battery
2. ancellim (Posts: 28; Member since: 24 Mar 2014)
1.6 S400 - Should have put in a 1.7 S600. Then can make it good mid range.
3. blackberry_Boy (Posts: 169; Member since: 27 May 2014)
That looks like a iphone 5 from the back.
4. RandomUsername (Posts: 525; Member since: 29 Oct 2013)
Imagine that. A smartphone that looks like another smartphone. Whoop-de-doo.
7. Heatfan316 (Posts: 445; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
Got to be out of your damn mind kid!
18. gehrig (Posts: 196; Member since: 17 Apr 2014)
And the iPhone 4 from the side.
5. Duketytz (Posts: 514; Member since: 28 Nov 2013)
Please OEM we need a bigger battery, I couldn't care if it is a bit thicker at 9mm-10mm
9. IliyaBeshkov (Posts: 244; Member since: 09 Jul 2012)
In this situation the combo of 720p, SD400 and 2420 mAh is very good for long battery life.
6. gregoryyy3 (Posts: 154; Member since: 10 Nov 2010)
that looks like an iphone 5 and iphone 4s mixed with a note 3
8. fanboysrdumb (Posts: 44; Member since: 12 Jan 2013)
All of you complaining about how it looks like this and that just remember that your calls are because of Motorola and your SMS because of Nokia so stfu and move on. People need to get laid too much phone specs making you losers lose your manhood really pathetic
19. gehrig (Posts: 196; Member since: 17 Apr 2014)
Getting laid just makes people want to tweet #AfterSex selfies.
10. shuaibhere (Posts: 1659; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Still 4.3???
No thanks...
11. StraightEdgeNexus (Posts: 3586; Member since: 14 Feb 2014)
LTE increases thickness, didnt know....
12. h27_Venom (Posts: 38; Member since: 16 May 2014)
c'mon oppo still 4.3 what were you thinking
it's 2014 for god's sake.Now even the entry level phones are rocking kitkat out of the box..!!!
13. brasstax (Posts: 144; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
This whole slim thing is getting ridiculous. Back in the days of good old nokia symbian phones.. I dont think they were all that difficult to handle. 5mm & 6mm is too thin. I mran, i wanna feel my phone in hand. Too thick is difficult to handle & so is too thin. And very thin phones tend to 'cut' into your palm, making it painful during a long phone call. And ahain, if it is too thin, i wont feel it in my palm & that can lead to an unscheduled contact between the phone & concrete pavement.
I cannot believe that manufacturers continue to have misplaced priorities. Most people will prefer a phone wirh a huge battery even if it is a bit chubby.. On the contrary, manufacturers dont think twice to skimp on battery life in order to slice of the last mm in thickness. I wonder who or what started this ridiculous trend of size zero phones.
Customers prefer functionality over form. Give me a bloatfree phone with good battery life, dual front facing speakets & i won't mind if it means a few extra mm in L*W*H
14. Bondurant (Posts: 137; Member since: 04 Jun 2014)
The camera bulges out. So not really 6.3mm.
The Huawei P7 is 139.8 x 68.8 x 6.5 mm without any camera bulge.
15. fzacek (Posts: 2094; Member since: 26 Jan 2014)
This kind of thinness is seriously not a good thing. It makes it hard and uncomfortable to hold. Also makes the phone feel fragile...
16. khmer (Posts: 93; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)
Sony Experia T3 is only 5.3mm thin.
17. Neo_Huang (Posts: 532; Member since: 06 Dec 2013)
The Sony Xperia T3 is 7mm thin.
20. gigaraga (Posts: 1367; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
Camera arrangement somewhat resembles Galaxy Note 3? Especially since it protrudes..but still Chinese phones until they make it a good experiencing phone though


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Escape From Camp 14
One Man's Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea to Freedom in the West
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Theses days so many North Korea's defectors are scrambling to sell made-up stories about N Korea in exchange for good money. The more sensational, the better. It's just another dirty "business". Mr Shin is one of them? I think so.
Escaping the inescapable North Korean prison camps is an incredible story, but this narrative suffers from a lack of pathos. I don't know if it's the writer who failed to convey the true horror or Shin Dong-hyuk who was unable or unwilling to provide the necessary details, but what should have been a nuclear bomb of a book fails to engage on the human level, which is what we need to understand such extraordinary depths of cruelty.
The story of an inmate born into a North Korean prison camp for the sins of his fathers. A harrowing tale that should be read by everyone to shine some light on a brutal regime.
See modestgoddess's review below. I whole-heartedly concur, and encountered the same thoughts and feelings. If you want to know what things are really like in the secret state of North Korea, read this book.
Very engaging memoir from a young man who escapes Camp 14 in North Korea.
Escape From Camp 14 is a book based off a true story about a man who was born in a North Korea labor camp who has no knowledge of life outside the camp and his journey to escape the hard labor he is forced to do every day. This book is incredibly informative, it opened my eyes to how truly awful the North Korean leaders are. People are sent to hard labor for the rest of their lives if they commit a crime. This book kept me wanting more and more as I read, and the more and more I read I become emotionally connected to the people who are still in the labor camps today that are beaten frequently and severely malnourished. The book was very well written and easy to follow. I was never confused throughout the book and always knew what was going on. It made me imagine in made head what was going on very clearly. This book made me realize how lucky I am to live in a developed country that does not have corrupt leaders. I would recommend this book to everyone because I believe everyone should know what is happening in North Korea and how they cover it up. I give Escape From Camp 14 a 8/10. The gruesome truth about North Korea I learned from reading this book changed the way I look at the world and to see how fortunate some of us in the world. If you do end up reading Escape From Camp 14 remember that this is a TRUE story.
This is like a scary fairy tale for adults - all the horrible, worst things you can think of that could happen, seem to happen in North Korean labour camps. I would put the book down for the night and turn out the light and lie there in the dark, thinking, "Right now, someone in NK is being tortured, because someone they know, tried to escape. People are being executed. They're being fed on salty cabbage soup and cornmeal porridge." I couldn't get my head around it - this kind of thing is only supposed to happen in fairy tales, and then there's a happily-ever-after - which there never is, in NK. How is this possible? This is a compelling tale, readably written, but not for the faint of heart. Definitely an education in man's inhumanity to man.
A shocking book about the dictatorship in North Korea and the way that this regime has dehumanised so many of its people. Individuals who have escaped the camps find it so hard to settle into a democracy and blame themselves for things over which they were powerless. Individuals who constantly complain about Western democracies need to read this book and realise how lucky they are to live in a true democracy. I recommend everyone to read this book.
I read this for a school project, and it's one of those books that makes you feel guilty for sitting around in your pyjamas eating breakfast while reading it. Absolutely unbelievable atrocities are going on that I never knew about until a few short months ago. Everyone should read this book. Everyone should know about what's going on in North Korea. The world needs to stop ignoring this.
Simply outstanding.
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That seems like a pretty glaring balance problem.
Also, so this isn't a one-liner... Fully westernised etc.
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That seems like a pretty glaring balance problem.
Also, so this isn't a one-liner... Fully westernised etc.
I was not involved in the highly successful Zaporozhie
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Researchers at Michigan State University have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone's screen) into a photovoltaic solar cell. Unlike other 'transparent' solar cells that we've reported on in the past, which are actually quite colorful and opaque, this one really is transparen. The team are confident that the transparent solar panels can be efficiently deployed in a wide range of settings, from "tall buildings with lots of windows or any kind of mobile device that demands high aesthetic quality like a phone or e-reader."
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What spans 1,600 hectares, cost $2.2 billion to build, and fries up to 28,000 birds per year? The new BrightSource solar power plant in California's Mojave Dessert. The plant, which uses some 350,000 garage-door-sized mirrors to focus sunlight on three boiler towers, also acts as a death ray, instantly igniting and killing any wildlife that happen to fly through the intense beam of light. Wildlife officials are concerned that this concentrated solar power plant, and others like it, could turn into "mega-trap" that decimates the ecosystem — first attracting insects, and then attracting birds that eat insects.
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This morning I found myself pondering a particularly interesting question: Where are all the nuclear-powered cars, ships, and planes? Nuclear power is cleaner than fossil fuel power, it generates more power than fossil power (i.e. it goes faster) while weighing significantly less, and you can go years without ever having to refuel a nuclear vehicle. Imagine if you could buy a nuclear-powered Tesla Model S or Ford Escape, and never had to refuel it for the entirety of its operational life. So, where are all the nuclear vehicles? Were they kiboshed by the ecologists? Is it yet another conspiracy hatched by Big Oil to maintain their juicy fossil fuel profits?
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Chemists at the University of California Riverside (UCR) have devised a way of increasing solar cell efficiency by as much as 30%. With current photovoltaic cells unable to surpass 33% due to the Shockley-Queisser limit, a boost of 30%, to a total efficiency of 60% or more, would be absolutely huge — and exactly what solar power needs if it ever hopes to be a cost-efficient alternative to fossil fuel power generation. Best of all, though, this new method for boosting solar cell efficiency has an awesome name: singlet fission.
Russia bets its energy future on waste-free fast breeder nuclear reactors July 10, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Russia's new BN-800 nuclear reactor uses no expensive moderator, and could even produce no nuclear waste. Is this the future of nuclear power?
US Department of Energy doubles lithium-ion battery capacity with spongy silicon July 9, 2014 at 9:53 am
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has created a new variety of lithium-ion battery that can store at least twice the amount of energy found in your conventional smartphone or laptop battery. Unlike some other battery advances that won't see the light of day for years to come (if at all), this energy storage breakthrough could actually find its way into commercial devices fairly soon. As is fairly normal nowadays, nanotech is the magic ingredient; nanostructured silicon sponges to be exact.


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This is a great school. We moved from a more "desirable" school even though we did not have to because we felt the smaller size and quality of instruction were huge benefits. The parent community is great and gets stronger every year. An awesome school with a fantastic principal (Dan Warren).
The school's vision sums it up nicely: "At Sand Point Elementary, we are a community of lifelong learners, responsible global citizens, and champions of our own success." The staff, principal, students, and families demonstrate a commitment to investing in this vision on a daily basis. We are proud to be a part of Sand Point Elementary.
Sandpoint is a very special school. We couldn't be happier with the staff and other families we've been privileged to meet. Mr. Warren is the most amazing, hands-on, energetic, and creative principal. He and all his staff sincerely care about each and every student. They do their best to make sure each kid is thriving. My son qualified for advanced learning but he wanted to be at the same school with his sister who's started K this year. So, his teacher let's him "walk" to higher grades for math and reading so he's challenged at his level. I feel like these accommodations are possible because of the small class sizes and willingness of the staff to work with each child. We are so happy the great diversity, academic excellence, and overall warmth of school family.
I totally agree with the previous reviews. The involvement of both the teachers and the principal is amazing and admirable. The library is terrific, with tons of new books. Our child felt at home from day one.
I second that - the principal is wonderful and has hired great teachers. Small intimate school with great diversity. Has a bit of a "start-up" feel since it is only a couple of years old.
Awesome school. Great principal. Great teachers. We moved to the area and it was a place where my child felt immediately at home.
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How to lock and protect formulas in Excel?
When you create a worksheet, sometimes you need to use some formulas, and you don't want other users to change, edit or delete the formulas. The easiest and most common way of preventing people from playing with your formulas is to lock and protect cells which contain formulas in your worksheet. Please go to lock and protect the formulas as follows:
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By default, all cells on a worksheet are locked, so you must unlock all of the cells first.
1. Select the whole worksheet with Ctrl + A, and right click, choose Format Cells from the context menu.
2. And a Format Cells dialog box will pop out. Click Protection, and unchecked the Locked option. Click OK. The whole worksheet has been unlocked.
3. Then click Home > Find & Select > Go To Special, and a Go To Special dialog box will appear. Check Formulas from Select option, and then click OK. See screenshot:
4. All of the cells which contain formulas will be selected.
5. Then go to lock the select cells. Right click on the selected cells, and choose Format Cells from the context menu, and a Format Cells dialog box will display. Click Protection, check the Locked checkbox. See screenshot:
6. And then click Review > Protect Sheet, and a Protect Sheet dialog box will pop out, you can enter the password in the Passwordto unprotect sheet box. See screenshot:
7. Then click OK. And another Confirm Password dialog box will appear. Reenter your password. And click OK.
And then all cells which contain formulas have been locked and protected. In this case, you cannot modify the formulas, but you can edit other cells.