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Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by SanchoPanda »

studentik wrote: post #4

Funny world is binary for Microsoft, US and not US

That's (50/50) also about the split of global software revenue, maybe a little tilted away from US, but not much. Depending on how you count.

Quickest source: - https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/software/united-states - https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/software/worldwide

Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by calciphus »

hulitu wrote: post #8
armini wrote: post #2

Looks like Microsoft are starting to flex their partnership with OpenAI & stable diffusion into their tech stack.

What can go wrong ? Is not like most of their programs are a UI disaster (Office 365, Teams, Explorer, Calculator, Win 10) /s

Wait I'm genuinely curious: what's wrong with Calculator?

Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by ly3xqhl8g9 »

calciphus wrote: post #12
hulitu wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What can go wrong ? Is not like most of their programs are a UI disaster (Office 365, Teams, Explorer, Calculator, Win 10) /s

Wait I'm genuinely curious: what's wrong with Calculator?

"Windows 11 calculator is creating many problems such as the app surprisingly crashes, opens then immediately closes, or not performs as expected. Some people complain that the built-in Microsoft Store application does not work after they have received an update." [1]

The fact that there are 14 ways to fix the Calculator app listed in this article, including even "Disable Windows Firewall temporarily", is simply beyond any sort of rant.

Somewhat off-topic, listened recently to Computers Barely Work - Interview with Linux Legend Greg Kroah-Hartman [2] and, as hubristic and cliché as it is, the takeaway was: we must delete every software, destroy every CPU ever made, and start all over again.

[1] https://www.howto-connect.com/fix-calculator-not-working-in-... (edit: other links about fixing the Calculator app, https://www.groovypost.com/howto/calculator-app-not-working-..., https://appuals.com/calculator-not-working-windows — the fact that these SEO spam sites exist is also a problem, an app as trivial as a calculator should have one single, self-evident button for the end user to click and fix it, whatever that might imply)

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9MjGziRw-c

Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

Microsofts 3D video team always put all this effort into making the uis look good and fluid but it's all just fantasy, the disconnect between what the marketing team is saying it is and what the reality of their software is jarring.

Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by thorum »

sprobertson wrote: post #9
oezi wrote: post #5

Is there any indication that they improved DALL.E2 in the meantime? When I last used it a couple of months ago many images weren't polished enough to be used for anything.

There's a new model being alpha tested, search twitter or reddit for "dall-e experimental"

From the comparisons I’ve seen, still well behind Midjourney.

Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by Anon4Now »

calciphus wrote: post #12
hulitu wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What can go wrong ? Is not like most of their programs are a UI disaster (Office 365, Teams, Explorer, Calculator, Win 10) /s

Wait I'm genuinely curious: what's wrong with Calculator?

I use it regularly. It seems fine to me, but I do wish it had copy and paste.

Re: Microsoft Designer

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Post by bradhe »

Microsoft has an absolutely terrible track record in the creative productivity category to the point that their previous entrants fell somewhere between “toy” and “joke.” I don’t have high hopes here, personally.
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