It's not broken. They intentionally split apps from settings from files. It's a different search style that takes some getting used to, but it's not broken. All the functionality is still there.
> I don't get that, even though there is room on that full paged search screen, they only show a couple of apps.
This is exactly why they split them. In the Windows 7 start menu, you get 3 programs, 3 emails, 3 documents, etc (and these change based on what got returned). There's not enough room to display a significant number of results if your search hit multiple types.
Now, instead of getting 3 programs, of which none might be relevant, you'll get all the app results. Or all the settings. Or all the files. Or all the store results. Or all the Bing results. Or whatever else you choose.
> You have to click on options at the right to have it search settings or files. What a stupid, stupid oversight.
Tab works fine.
I get why you're annoyed with this. It's a very different style of search than what Windows 7 trained us on. And personally, I'd prefer if settings had been rolled into apps instead of being a separate category, because, e.g., I don't think of the ClearType tuner as a setting. However, I think on the whole the search functionality is greatly improved, because now 3rd party apps can plug in trivially.
It really doesn't matter. The reason this was done is because it fits in better with each application being searchable (you see how this is more consistent?). Once the user realizes this once, the problem is gone. It's really not much harder to search 'settings' if you're looking for a setting than to search apps if you're looking for an app now is it? I don't understand how people make a big deal out of things like this.
Then I should be able to search the "Windows" app, and have a list of other apps underneath. Search in all three categories by default and let me filter later if I want - it would rarely happen.
I may have to check it out again, thanks for the tip.
My fave thing about Win7 was pressing Win key, then typing "Change resolution", or "change password", etc. I practically didn't need to remember how to reach anything. Laziness I guess ;)
Just press the windows key and start typing. It's all there, sans the textbox which tells you it's there.
Probably not the pinnacle of intuitive design, but it is there ;)