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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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The original was posted on /r/nostalgia by /u/Character-Emotion237 on 2024-05-02 22:39:26.

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

People smack-talk Windows 8, but it brought a lot of under-the-hood improvements that are really nice to have. If it hadn't been paired with the full-screen Start menu, I think it would have been remembered much more fondly.

Hardcore Windows people do not like UI change is the message I think Microsoft needs to learn, and I say this as someone who actually really liked the Metro design language in 8. If they'd made something more like Win10, I suspect it would have gone down a little easier.

Personally, I also liked 8 & 10's Start menu. I hated the upteen-nested-folders-deep trainwreck that was the 95-to-7 era's Start menu. I liked having tiles I could easily move & manage.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

This was the last version of Windows that I used though I liked the skinny Vista style toolbar better.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Have to agree.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

While my first impressions of Windows 7 were basically just a "gimped Vista", I still really enjoyed using it, and look back at it very fondly.

Microsoft, I hate you now.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

For my Linux friends out there who want XP: https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc

[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I agree, I loved the aero UI

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

When did it first start feeling warm? With the saccharine Windows XP?

[–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 3 months ago

CRTs, all the radiation /j

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

TranslucentTB for Win10 works great, the functionality is in the name.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

8/8.1 still had a unique, warm vibe to them tbh

[–] bartvbl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I preferred it over 7 when using a start menu replacement. The changes to the control panel were generally quite good too.

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I like the UI on Windows 11. It feels more modern and sleek than previous versions.

[–] xenspidey@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I love windows 11, windows 7 aero felt cheap and plasticey. I much prefer the minimalist look of 11

[–] verdare@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

I think Windows 7 and 11 both look good. Windows 10 doesn’t look as good by comparison.

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

While I don't love the inserted ads in 11, we use corporate at work which doesn't have them but I can still customise it with a pride vibe. Quite enjoying it this way.

[–] xenspidey@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

I've never noticed ads, I have a network wide ad blocker though so that's probably why.

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