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> Windows is more than just an operating system; it’s a fabric woven into our lives and in our work. Folks, if you were thinking Windows 11 will bring less telemetry, you were wrong :-)
So we decided to make meaningless and confusing UI changes! Nevermind that billions of people rely on their knowledge of this OS's interface, fuck 'em! We're just so damn innovative all the time!
Windows nowadays feels like a carefully crafted piece of software built by brilliant engineering and UX teams that, just before release, gets crapped all over by ads teams with annoyances and dark patterns. It must be frustrating to work in the former.
When people complain about ads in Windows I wonder if they are seeing a different version than I am. Maybe it is the difference between US and EU or Home and Pro versions? They do place links to third party games in the start menu upon installation. And they also inform about first party services where it makes sense (like OneDrive in Explorer, and Office365 when trying to edit a Word file). I wouldn't consider the f…
Are they complaining about a few demo games pre-installed? I don't get it.
The main thing that would be of interest to me: - Have they replaced/improved the NT kernel [1]? - Have they replaced the ancient registry? [2] The answer to either was not to be found. I'll bet windows 11 will still be a backwards-compatible mess if the answer to either is `no`. [1]: http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-w... [2]: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/why-the-windows-regist...
At noon PDT: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=egZ82QGshX8
Possible content: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2021/06/24/what-w...
At a time when the PC is playing a more central role in our lives Oh, come on! That trend has peaked long ago, and you guys know it. And I type this using Windows 10, quite happily I might add, but unless you take a what's-a-computer approach that lumps cell phones with desktop PCs and everything in between, that is a ridiculous (opening!) statement.
Rounded corners and touchscreens, is that windows 8/vista again? What i want from windows is speed . More and more people are going to be using them to work from home, and not on a tablet or a laptop, but on a good old desktop pc, their sales are going up. What's the rationale behind this kind of regression to terrible windows 8? Can i plz have snappier windows 7 with slightly cleaner look? > app developers can now b…
> This is great. That's how it s done
It can't go on, though. Why won't every developer turn their app "free" and use Stripe or something to shave even more off the commerce fees? Meanwhile Microsoft eats hosting/maintenance/development on the store for zero return. We saw why Apple went the IAP route even if it's unpopular among developers and the fees could afford to be reduced.
Do you think they finally finished the control panel transition? Window 10's control panel thing feels like it was stopped halfway through development, so they left the old stuff in there but made it hard to access. Unfortunately most of the time when you need to change something it's not on the new control panel so you have to dig for the old one instead. When Windows 10 was first released I figured they would finis…