Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
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Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#2Yes, all we need, another layer in Windows. I recently went to Windows 11 and it is stunning that you still have multiple places for settings.
How are we going to name the classic settings? Classic classic control panel?
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#3Yes, all we need, another layer in Windows. I recently went to Windows 11 and it is stunning that you still have multiple places for settings. How are we going to name the classic settings? Classic classic control panel?
Adult Control Panel? I always think "Adult" when I'm trying to bring up the legacy panels instead of the function-crippled slow modern iterations.
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#4Great. Now we have to search for settings in three levels of control panel instead of two.
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#5There was an 20 year old blogpost by an employee posted a few weeks ago outlining exactly this (and why they never chose to do it), commenters were disagreeing writing it should be done but Microsoft would not dare to do this now anyways. Now it's here, and HN hates it.
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#6I miss Windows XP / 7, everything went downhill after.
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#7I miss Windows XP / 7, everything went downhill after.
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Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#8There was an 20 year old blogpost by an employee posted a few weeks ago outlining exactly this (and why they never chose to do it), commenters were disagreeing writing it should be done but Microsoft would not dare to do this now anyways. Now it's here, and HN hates it.
Because since then situation in Windows changed, and there are already multiple control panels, with settings being spread around them in nonsensical way - and this one just adds a 3rd one.
It really needs a complete rework of settings.
And to be honest i like the split of default and poweruser settings.
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#9Great. Now we have to search for settings in three levels of control panel instead of two.
If you were a true power user you'd be modifying the registry directly ;)
Re: Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users
#10Yes, all we need, another layer in Windows. I recently went to Windows 11 and it is stunning that you still have multiple places for settings. How are we going to name the classic settings? Classic classic control panel?
Adult Control Panel? I always think "Adult" when I'm trying to bring up the legacy panels instead of the function-crippled slow modern iterations.
I would love concept of "adult computing", where I can mark a checkbox "I herby guarantee that I'm not going to blame $company for me being a moron and installing malware/destabilizing device due to changing random options". Then device starts behaving like piece of hardware I own, shows error messages that actually tell something and in general doesn't assume if I drop dead if presented with more than two buttons on single screen