If you're left-handed, then at one time or another you probably have had to wait until your laptop cycled completely upon turning it on so that your touchpad or mouse wouldn't be doing everything in reverse. Well, the most aggravating occurrence of everything else in that event is that you could accidentally bring up a shortcut menu that could land you in hot water.
It happened to me by accident, and then I ended up losing valuable data. I have the right mind to contact the Microsoft Corporation and insist that they send me a computer that has no shortcut menus on it. Of course, probably no such thing exists.
This is no pet peeve on my part. Those shortcut menus seem to do more harm than good, and they get under my skin.
Have you ever been in your AOL mail, and that stupid toll-free telephone number for their customer service floods the screen until you feel like punching your computer screen? Who is the idiot that came up with this idea? I even once had reason to call that same phone number, and nobody ever answered at the other end. Therefore, why doesn't AOL simply remove it from everyone's computer? It would make more sense if they did.
If you don't have Windows 8, you probably won't know what I'm describing herein. Here goes, anyhow.
Do you ever get that annoying charms bar that has the propensity to fly out onto your computer screen while you're in the middle of doing something intensely important on your computer? It happens to me quite frequently.
There is a video about how to disable the charms bar and gain full control over when you want it to display on your computer screen and when you don't want it to do so. I don't know how safe it is to follow the procedures from this video; but if you wish to see it, it's down below.
How To Disable Windows 8 SideBar A.K.A. Charms Bar - Windows 8 Tips And Tricks
I haven't built up enough courage to follow the steps in this video above. However, if any of you have ever done so, let me know what the results were for you in that event.
All right. I'm not going to deny that I have relied on shortcut menus to get things done quickly on my computer on a number of occasions. And, yes, I have used the charms bar on my Windows 8 enough times to realize that I probably would not like to have to go the extra mile of the way to pull it up on my computer screen in the event that I was to follow the procedures in the video above.
Perhaps it's time for me to get a new computer. I get so used to what I have that I don't want to start over again with an entirely new computer and a new everything that comes with it. I grow attached to what I have easily, even when it comes to electronic appliances and the likes.
Nevertheless, I cannot figure out why AOL would continue to shove a toll-free telephone number in everyone's face that doesn't even work at all. It would make more sense if they were to give AOL customers the option to have it removed completely from their computer screen, or they should at least update that phone number to whatever it is now.
What it all boils down to is that it's not that most consumers don't keep up with computer technology. Computer technology simply doesn't ever seem to keep up with itself. It has become a dangerous moneymaking machine instead of an added convenience to people's lives in recent years.
Join me in my mission. I'm your Space Captain reporting to you.
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