The first problem comes when you try to find the application you want to run. Every version of Windows since Windows 95 has trained us to scroll through a vertical list looking for the applications we want to, but with Windows 8, Microsoft has thrown away this concept and instead adopted a system called the Start Screen where the links to all your apps are spread across the screen.
As a result, rather than keeping your attention focused on a small part of the screen, you’ve now got to scan through the entire screen. The larger the screen, the more area you have to scan. It turns the process of finding the app you want to run into a game of “
Where’s Waldo?” — and I detest playing that game or puzzle, or whatever it is.
The last think I want is for my PC to force me into playing “hunt the app” every time I want to get something done.
Microsoft has an escape chute, given that you’re not going to be able to find anything, and added a search feature that allows you to filter the apps by typing the name of what you’re looking for. This works, but it’s clumsy and makes a mockery of having all the icons displayed on screen in the first place. Every time I’m forced to use it, it’s another failure for the Microsoft design team.