For those of you who are annoyed by the shutdown/restart processes in Windows 8, consider adding some shortcuts to your desktop and start menu to make this process 1-click[1]:
Shutdown:
Right-click on the desktop, click "New > Shortcut" and enter "shutdown /s /t 0"
Restart:
Right-click on the desktop, click "New > Shortcut" and enter "shutdown /r /t 0"
You can change the icon to look more appropriate, and pin this to the start menu or task bar.
I'm sure that's something every average Windows users does as a first thing after they install the system. The point in usability is not having to do these things for common and obvious actions.
Yes. Push the power button and your Windows 8 machine should resume in about two seconds, and even after hibernating overnight, come back in less than 20 seconds.
You don't want users to turn it off, and they shouldn't really need to restart it more often than Microsoft Update does already. Hiding away the reboot process is therefore a useful bit of design....
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For those of you who are annoyed by the shutdown/restart processes in Windows 8, consider adding some shortcuts to your desktop and start menu to make this process 1-click[1]:
Shutdown: Right-click on the desktop, click "New > Shortcut" and enter "shutdown /s /t 0"
Restart: Right-click on the desktop, click "New > Shortcut" and enter "shutdown /r /t 0"
You can change the icon to look more appropriate, and pin this to the start menu or task bar.
[1]: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-add-windows-8-shutdown-rest...
I'm sure that's something every average Windows users does as a first thing after they install the system. The point in usability is not having to do these things for common and obvious actions.
I think ordinary users are supposed to press the (physical) on/off button. That's really simple.
Although this only suspends the machine (by default, as far as I remember the only other option is hibernate).
Yes. Push the power button and your Windows 8 machine should resume in about two seconds, and even after hibernating overnight, come back in less than 20 seconds.
You don't want users to turn it off, and they shouldn't really need to restart it more often than Microsoft Update does already. Hiding away the reboot process is therefore a useful bit of design....