Windows 8

Just downloaded elementary OS to install on a separate partition with XP. It was a little bit of a pain setting it up, but it is running pretty nice now and I am getting the hang of the differences.Though I don't really care for how integrated with the Internet everything seems to be. And this mouse just keeps flying...On a related-to-the-topic note, I tried to use my girlfriend's Win8 computer to look up our Wi-Fi password but couldn't get anywhere with it. I can't stand how everything you do has to pop up on its own screen instead of just in different windows. I gave up after a few minutes and turned on the Win7; located the password in less than 10 seconds!Edited by Jon, : Apparently proper names aren't always capitalized!

I think what you've described is part of a general trend of placing fancy over function. It doesn't offer anything of real value, but the cost in terms of usability, bandwidth, and learning curve is high.Let's say you google how to roast a chicken. A website titled "How to Roast a Chicken in Six Easy Steps" in the past would have delivered a scrollable page with each step listed under a bold heading. Now that same website is more likely to have a little widget that runs on some ridiculous coding and offers a little picture with each step written below it, navigable only by clicking arrows on either side of the picture that require a bazillion different javascripts enabled. And when you are just thinking the whole process couldn't get any worse, you discover the damn thing isn't easily printable for setting on the kitchen counter where you actually need the instructions.Then you realize what is really meant by 'pretty': it's just a shortened way of saying 'pretty useless'.