'Simplification' is a word used to hide the fact that there isn't enough funding available to retain sufficient maintenance of those features.
Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
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Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
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The loss of the small task bar icons will be annoying to me. I always fight to minimize UI real estate in my workspace, typically selecting the most compact / small offering that is still workable. I strongly prefer my task bar to remain visible but take up minimal space. I've become "used" to this problem though as UIs have all gone more and more finger friendly (read: big) over time. Definitely a good thing for the…
Damn! Those are exactly the features that have allowed me to ignore the clusterfuck that the start menu has become at least since Windows 7.
Classic Shell - can't recommend it highly enough if you prefer the Windows 7 era experience.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
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Somewhere around .Net Core 2.1 C# became better without windows (although still best with MSSQL at that time.) The donkey still is important for legacy runtimes, which probably have many decades of lifespan left.
> The donkey still is important for legacy runtimes, which probably have many decades of lifespan left. Yep you're quite right, and actually the fast-moving, high-churn transition to .NET Core has been tough on devs still working with (now) "legacy" .NET Framework apps - which as you say, will have many years of lifespan remaining if they still fit the purpose for which they were built. I don't envy those devs (and I…
We still have plenty of COBOL developers maintaining and upgrading legacy applications. Framework, and all the apps running on it, are officially legacy now. Legacy development has entirely different challenges and limitations to modern development.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
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I'm glad it works for you and how you use Windows.
I guess my point is that most users spend very little time actively using Windows. When my computer is on, close to 100% of my time is spent in the browser or Visual Studio or email or some other program that requires Windows. I spend very little time in Settings, the Start menu, the device manager, etc.. I would guess File Explorer is my most used part of Windows.
I'm glad it works for you and how you use Windows.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#85Windows 10 doesn't feel finished. Why are they already moving to 11?
After many years of Mac OS X, Apple released macOS 11. So naturally, Microsoft has to follow.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess my point is that most users spend very little time actively using Windows. When my computer is on, close to 100% of my time is spent in the browser or Visual Studio or email or some other program that requires Windows. I spend very little time in Settings, the Start menu, the device manager, etc.. I would guess File Explorer is my most used part of Windows.
I'm glad it works for you and how you use Windows.
So how do you use Windows? Isn't it essentially a foundation for the applications you want to run? Is the percentage of time you spend doing OS level things significant?