Getting a bit confused about this thread, interesting as it may be!
RobertoS asked about multiple screens in Win8, which is the purpose of the thread, and suddenly Sky F1 and adverts seem to have been infiltrated the thread! Shouldn't a post for the Sky F1 have been posted separately and thus let those of us who are interested in the subject of Multiple windows in Win8 continue discussing this important subject without interference from Sk F1 and adverts?

Judging by most of the posts today, XRaySpeX, AEP and Pipexer have brought it back on track (unintended pun).

The Sky F1 thing came about because I gave that as an example of two simultaneous Windows streams that I use. Zyborg seems to have difficulty in such circumstances, but no-one has backed him up yet and a few have disputed it. So forgetting Sky, that principle is still possibly in need of more opinions.

Connection speed is of course also relevant in this context.

Edited by RobertoS (Sat 01-Dec-12 12:59:20)

How can anyone remember over a hundred programme names?

If you can't remember the name of the program you want to open you probably have greater problems than dealing with the new start screen.

How long before someone comes up with a menu app .

You can't even remember part of a program name? That's all you need. To find "Blend for Visual Studio" I just needed to type "V"!

About minus 60 days.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

There are no ads in those, but you tell Andrue he couldn't have been watching all the track action, (implicitly of those sessions)

So you erroneously infer something that was not implied. Can't help that.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

How long before someone comes up with a menu app .

I think they already have, but if users want to install software which is altering the "core" of the operating system's GUI, and is probably against Microsoft recommendations, then more fool them.

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Did you, personally, watch anything or just 2nd hand reporting?

I certainly did not miss anything as I did not watch the Sky partial coverage.