Why do people ignore the Start Menu?

[bac6567]

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)

 

[Ayush]

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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| 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)
|

 

[Frankster]

Can someone explain why they don't use the Start Menu for program

shortcuts?

Most users don't know how to put a shortcut into the Start menu. Or the
taskbar.

You asked!

-Frank

 

[xfile]

Because we are not robots

People have their ways of doing things - not always logical nor always
right/wrong but that's "what" we are - human beings

Toys and junk all over the floor?

Yes, not in my house but a freedom of choice

 

[bac6567]

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.

Well, then you're not among the majority of Desktop icon sheeple. ;-]

Brad

 

[bac6567]

Because we are not robots

People have their ways of doing things - not always logical nor always
right/wrong but that's "what" we are - human beings

"I take it you have a problem with logic, Agent Mulder?"

Brad

 

[bac6567]

Most users don't know how to put a shortcut into the Start menu. Or the
taskbar.

You asked!

My darkest fears have been confirmed. So much for the high-tech society
facade!

Brad

 

[DandyDon]

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.

 

[xfile]

I take it as you don't have a sense of humor and lack of respect to others.

It is a stupid question to ask in the first place.

If people want to place 1,000 icons on their desktop, that's their choice.
Simple as that.

You're asking a question as stupid as for why would some people choose to
like one color instead of another one. Logical explanations - no,
psychological explanations - maybe.

Logical explanations isn't the only answer for everything in the world, just
in case your knowledge is not fully developed to that level.

 

[John John]

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?

What business of yours is it how others run their lives? It's their
computers and their preferences, what does it matter to you? I think I
would rather live in the "messy" houses of these users rather than the
military compound that your house must be.

John

 

[bac6567]

I take it as you don't have a sense of humor and lack of respect to others.

It is a stupid question to ask in the first place.

If people want to place 1,000 icons on their desktop, that's their choice.
Simple as that.

You're asking a question as stupid as for why would some people choose to
like one color instead of another one. Logical explanations - no,
psychological explanations - maybe.

Logical explanations isn't the only answer for everything in the world, just
in case your knowledge is not fully developed to that level.

I was joking with you (xfile, Mulder), but if you're going to be a
stiff about it, just realize that computers would not exist if
intellectually lazy people were running things. Logic has serious value
in a world where high-tech keeps many people alive.

I always find it interesting when Creationists and other voodoo
thinkers take medical advances for granted that only came from science
and logic. Then you have the morons who think we can ignore things like
global warming because it's "their choice" to waste whatever they want.
You got edgy with me, so this is your reward!

Brad

 

[bac6567]

1. It takes less time-load desktop-click icon vs load desktop-click Start
Menu-scroll down start menu-click icon.

Not if you have a bunch of apps already running and have to
minimize-all to get to your Desktop. That's what I really don't
understand. All you have to do is put common icons on the first level
of the Start Menu and they're open in a flash. In small icons mode you
can fit two dozen or more in the first pane.

Of course I see part of your point. But unless all your icons have
dirt-simple names, I don't see how having them scattered on the Desktop
makes them easier to find than being organized in menu folders.

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?).

I download stuff to the Desktop all the time as a staging area. Nothing
illogical about that, but it gets filed away afterward.

3.Some people don't know how to create a folder, and download items there.

That sort of thing is what I'm getting at. I don't think some people
even know you can drag stuff too (and around in) the Start Menu.

4. Some apps put icons on the desktop automatically.

Well, you can always move them. I usually delete installed shortcut
folders from the Start Menu, too. You end up with an installation
memorabilia mess otherwise.

5.Some people-me-hate XP's ability to hide unused icons.

But that can be turned off, eh?

Brad

 

[bac6567]

What business of yours is it how others run their lives? It's their
computers and their preferences, what does it matter to you? I think I
would rather live in the "messy" houses of these users rather than the
military compound that your house must be.

Geez, I knew I'd get answers like this. Did you not see what I wrote in
parentheses?

Brad

 

[Opinicus]

Not if you have a bunch of apps already running and have to
minimize-all to get to your Desktop.

1. Right-click anywhere on the Task Bar and "Show the Desktop"

or

2. Turn on the Desktop toolbar in the Task Bar and have instant access to
any Desktop icon whenever you want no matter how many apps are running.

3. Why are you obsessing about how other people manage their lives?

 

[xfile]

LOL - You're incredibly ______ (fill in the blank)

I was going to write something, but decided not to waste my time on you.

But for the global warming, yes, it's an issue more complicated than your
simple mind could possibly comprehend. In fact, it's us who are living in
the developed countries screwed it up first, and thus, should carry more
responsibilities than those who are still struggling for foods on their
dinner tables. It never occurred to you, right?

You can misuse and misinterpret my words as much as you want to, but you're
the only moron here, and it's self-evident.

 

[Andy I.]

: DandyDon wrote:
:
: > 1. It takes less time-load desktop-click icon vs load desktop-click
Start
: > Menu-scroll down start menu-click icon.
:
: Not if you have a bunch of apps already running and have to
: minimize-all to get to your Desktop. *That's what I really don't
: understand.*
: Brad

Well, Brad.............. You said it. Apparently you *don't understand*
that you can put a "Show Desktop" icon in the Quick Launch Bar and get to
the desktop with only one click, even with "a bunch of apps already
running."

Andy I.

 

[Alan]

Hi Brad,

When people walk in my office at work or at home and look at my desktop,
they run away, shrieking.

Then...when they come back in and I click on my Start Menu and expand All
Programs, they just immediately slump to the floor, and I need to bring out
the smelling salts to revive them.

It's easier to listen to them shriek. :>

And do we really need to get into what kind of "junk" I have lying around my
offices? :> :>

Alan

 

[RA]

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)

How many people are you talking about, and why does it matter to you? I also
prefer a less cluttered desktop, but in my office, I don't care how many
shortcuts they put on it, I just wish they would keep their bleeping
documents off of the desktop.

 

[Bob I]

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)

The "logical explaination" is, "Because they can."

 

[Pop`]

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)

I don't even display my desktop; how's that? Nothing there but the task
bar. Start Menu's empty, too.