I like hitting start and then hammering on arrow keys XD
Helps when I have it memorized how many times to hit the arrows (I like using keyboards more than I do mice).
I don't hate it, I got used to my win7 and layout has been pretty much completely changed for win8.
The most annoying thing is that there is no My Computer.
Some things are better, but some are shit.
I think win7 has a better compromise between good and shit.
Can't you create a desktop icon of just about anything, baring things like Device Manager and such? (annoys me that you can't shortcut device manager, it is a pretty frequent thing I open)
Only actual valid complaint I've heard about win8 is that you can't get accurate benchmark times with overclocking, which isn't an issue for me because I don't care to compare my clock with other people. :P