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Raising this dead article as Microsoft now delivers extended support pricing details for those who choose not to migrate to the newer version of Windows. The one they were told they'd not ever have to migrate to

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[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago

I really don't think it's reasonable to be needing to mess with the registry to get basic behaviour that you want. It's just the same shit that people accuse Linux of needing to use the terminal all the time except in windows flavour.

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

I don't disagree and I'm glad you aren't making the "it would be easier in Linux" argument.

What I do think the changes are there to encourage access to BASIC functionality for the majority of users, but it does come across as dumbing down to folks that are power users. I really do think this is a case of "what would 90% of the population use" kinda thing.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Also the case of how its been in Windows for decades, if it was truly better they would have changed it ages ago, but it isnt better, its just UI designers justifying their paychecks.

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Some of these changes may not stick, but UI / UX is always evolving to the next thing. You have to try things to know if they are successful. I'll use the new Apple Vision Pro as a example. Apple is taking a gamble here and this is a HUGE change in UI interactions, can you imagine if they never evolved past the old iPod scroll wheel? (maybe a bad example becuaee that was a great tactile user experience). But my point is people have evolved how they use technology, it's "generally" more reliable and the under the hood stuff can be tucked away for the general user.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You can't compare adding extra clicks to do a function that has been available in an OS for decades to a company releasing an entire new product with a new OS.

We don't want things tucked away, my very non-techy savvy parents call me all the time for help and it's no wonder because UI just gets less and less intuitive every year, with more things buried into context menus.

It's literally changing things for the sake of it, to make things subjectively "pretty", adding as much padding as possible and shiny effects.

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just use the classic control panel if that's the case. It's still there. You'd probably still recognize parts of it from Windows 3.1.1.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

That's not the point is it. Obviously I can hack the shit out it and install stuff to get it close to how I want, but the point is that is what its like default. That's like saying I can't complain about web UX because I can just edit the HTML/CSS!

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You've won! Thank you for changing my mind.

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