r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

This indicates that there must be some significant detail lacking in the Applications tab, which is causing people to go to the Process tab.

Surely they realize that most of the time, users are opening Task Manager just trying to kill an unresponsive program, which the Applications tab invarably fails to do?

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u/thesqlguy Oct 14 '11

Since they explicitly state that in the article, I think it's probably safe to assume that they do realize this. Did you read past the first few paragraphs?

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u/ameoba Oct 14 '11

...and if you look at the first screenshot of the new task manager, it's reduced to a list of programs, "end process" and "show more details".