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Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#301
I use windows at work, on 3 screens.

One thing pisses me off to no end: When you drag a window and accidentally make a small "left-right-left" movement, everything on your screen is minimized to the tray. There is no button to restore this.

f*cking retarded features.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#303

I use windows at work, on 3 screens. One thing pisses me off to no end: When you drag a window and accidentally make a small "left-right-left" movement, everything on your screen is minimized to the tray. There is no button to restore this. f*cking retarded features.

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Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#304
post #4

It’s hard to believe how despite all the telemetry, Microsoft still manages to be so out of touch with their users’ actual needs. It’s almost like there’s a hidden agenda somewhere.

They are the largest company by Market Cap. They're hardly out of touch with their users' needs. I use Windows 10 as my primary development system and it works great. Maybe you're out of touch?

Market cap has nothing to do with a company being in or out of touch with their users.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#305

> They all have one thing in common: No one wanted them. Who wants a Windows PC that can’t run standard Windows applications? People who want a tablet experience. Surface Go is tablet first, it can be used as a laptop substitute, but only a substitute. I can imagine there are many people who would be satisfied with a Windows S only device, using only the Microsoft Store apps.

Even on the surface go the first thing I did was unlock it so I could run apps like Firefox, OpenTTD and Steam.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#306

I use windows at work, on 3 screens. One thing pisses me off to no end: When you drag a window and accidentally make a small "left-right-left" movement, everything on your screen is minimized to the tray. There is no button to restore this. f*cking retarded features.

You can turn it off.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#307
After switching to Archlinux and putting Windows 10 in a Qemu VM my life got way easier. One is driven by the corporation behind it to form and change user behaviour in order to make more money, and the other is made by like-minded hackers.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#308

I use windows at work, on 3 screens. One thing pisses me off to no end: When you drag a window and accidentally make a small "left-right-left" movement, everything on your screen is minimized to the tray. There is no button to restore this. f*cking retarded features.

You can turn it off.

The fact that it's defaulted to on and surprises users who don't even know about it is the problem.

"Minimize all other windows except this one" is a function that is rarely used and definitely not something a small movement of the mouse should trigger.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#309
post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course it doesn't. The cancer of advertising didn't spread to Apple's OS yet. Doesn't mean it won't, though.

Apple has no problems with regularly spamming me with notifications to use iCloud, upgrade to new macOS or to use AppStore features. It's coming there too.

I use a macbook, an iphone and an ipad - I get notified about the the MacOS update about once a year or whenever it comes out. I've never seen the other notifications that you mentioned.

Re: Useless Windows 10 Features

#310
Surprised to not see Albums included. Every time my camera roll updates with photos from my phone or compact there's another notification about this new album that Windows created for me.

I. Never. Look. At. Their. Albums.

Writing this makes me wonder if there's a way to turn it off and why I've never thought to look...

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