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Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Post by NoGravitas »

enlyth wrote: post #61
tux3 wrote: post #9

The newer versions of Windows seem to care less and less about what the user prefers. This is emblematic in the message boxes that offer a choice between Yes and Not Now/Maybe Later. It takes real effort to make Windows accept a No.

They are going to remove Windows Calendar in 2024 and force replace it with Outlook. Out of curiosity I clicked the opt in "preview" for this change and it opens Outlook, which I have never used, and wouldn't let me do anything unless I "linked" my Gmail address. Just so I could open a calendar. So I closed it and when I need to look at the calendar now, I use my Macbook instead. It's so infuriating how Windows is tu…

"Old" Outlook (including the newest versions) is pretty good (once you've accepted top-posting and HTML email as inevitable). But "new" Outlook is just Office365, which is a dramatic step down from local, native Outlook.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Post by SergeAx »

Since long before, there was a pattern to skipping "bad" versions of Windows in favor of "good" ones: install Windows 95, skip Windows 98, use Windows 2000, pass Windows ME, use Windows XP, skip Windows Vista, use Windows 7, abolish Windows 8.

I dread the moment I am forced to switch from Windows 10 because they said there will be no Windows 12.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Post by JohnFen »

zx8080 wrote: post #151
Gud wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The European Union and Europe are not synonymous. Switzerland has strong privacy laws because it’s a country ruled by its people, not by political bureaucrats. It is not inevitable that we will lose our rights. Don’t give up, don’t spread a defeatist attitude. Work towards improving the democratic system.

Any such system is fatally corrupted by NYMBYzm and for money. There are literally no hope for any democratic system against corporations with billions on their accounts. Any meaningful principle cannot withstand years of erosion via libbying.

Fatalism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

#164

Post by JohnFen »

NoGravitas wrote: post #161
enlyth wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are going to remove Windows Calendar in 2024 and force replace it with Outlook. Out of curiosity I clicked the opt in "preview" for this change and it opens Outlook, which I have never used, and wouldn't let me do anything unless I "linked" my Gmail address. Just so I could open a calendar. So I closed it and when I need to look at the calendar now, I use my Macbook instead. It's so infuriating how Windows is tu…

"Old" Outlook (including the newest versions) is pretty good (once you've accepted top-posting and HTML email as inevitable). But "new" Outlook is just Office365, which is a dramatic step down from local, native Outlook.

> "Old" Outlook (including the newest versions) is pretty good

I'm glad someone likes it! Outlook has been one of my most hated programs for years now.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

#165

Post by JohnFen »

nullindividual wrote: post #128
AnimalMuppet wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't that supposed to be a positive mark? "Yeah, he ruined the product, let's promote him to Senior Product Manager" is not a thing that people say very often.

> Isn't that supposed to be a positive mark? As long as it is positive to the person who writes your cheques, does it matter? Six to twelve months after you've left, that 'feature' is unceremoniously killed, like so many of these little features in Windows has over the years, such as Active Desktop -- who didn't want a webpage embedded as their desktop?

> As long as it is positive to the person who writes your cheques, does it matter?

I guess that depends on whether or not you value taking pride in your work.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Post by donohoe »

Anyone here work at Microsoft that can explain how anyone at the company thought this was a good idea?

Seriously. I'm genuinely confused. MS never had the best UI (hello MS Word toolbars) but those happened over time through attrition and added features.

This is one of many intentional user-hostile experiences.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Post by dbalatero »

donohoe wrote: post #167

Anyone here work at Microsoft that can explain how anyone at the company thought this was a good idea? Seriously. I'm genuinely confused. MS never had the best UI (hello MS Word toolbars) but those happened over time through attrition and added features. This is one of many intentional user-hostile experiences.

I'm sure some combination of incentives created this; I wonder which ones.

Re: Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

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Post by 38 »

maybe I am on an old version, but I dont get that at all. here is my info:

    OneDrive version: Build 23.214.1015.0001 (64-bit)
if I try to close, I get:

    Are you sure you want to close OneDrive?
    If you close OneDrive, files in your OneDrive folder won't sync with your
    files online.
    [Close OneDrive][Cancel]
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