Windows is an interesting operating system in the sense that Microsoft has somehow been able to make the UI less intuitive and more bloated in every iteration of it since NT4. At least until XP they knew not to change the normal mode of operation, and realized that they had to backtrack after Win 8. That's one thing Apple has done right with Mac OS, you could take someone who has never used anything but System 7 (which is over 30 years old at this point) and they'd be able to pick up the most relevant changes in minutes. Most complicated thing for them would be to learn the fact that you can run multiple programs at the same time without the system crashing (my dad took almost a decade to finally believe that you can do heavy editing while the system is copying stuff, after migrating to OSX).
I understand that older versions of windows look aged in comparison, but you can update the look without doing things like wasting screen space or changing normal user paths. And without implementing AI into an operating system that can do just fine by itself. Also, bring back the option to force the UI into classic mode – it's what made Win server 2012 bearable compared to Windows 8.
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dhtseany@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 242d
Fucking stop
QuestionMark@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 242d
One day they'll add AI to Run and it'll become a search bar that that takes thirty minutes to open and another thirty minutes to find the results.
And they'll be like oops, we weren't aware anyone was using Run in 2025 and we're shocked users are complaining about our choices.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 8 pts · 242d
y tho
antimidas@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 242d
Windows is an interesting operating system in the sense that Microsoft has somehow been able to make the UI less intuitive and more bloated in every iteration of it since NT4. At least until XP they knew not to change the normal mode of operation, and realized that they had to backtrack after Win 8. That's one thing Apple has done right with Mac OS, you could take someone who has never used anything but System 7 (which is over 30 years old at this point) and they'd be able to pick up the most relevant changes in minutes. Most complicated thing for them would be to learn the fact that you can run multiple programs at the same time without the system crashing (my dad took almost a decade to finally believe that you can do heavy editing while the system is copying stuff, after migrating to OSX).
I understand that older versions of windows look aged in comparison, but you can update the look without doing things like wasting screen space or changing normal user paths. And without implementing AI into an operating system that can do just fine by itself. Also, bring back the option to force the UI into classic mode – it's what made Win server 2012 bearable compared to Windows 8.
SouthFresh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 242d
... because THIS is the thing that needs fixing. Sure.
Bonus@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 241d
omg fix the taskbar and start menu first you monsters!
Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 242d
They want to add Copilot / Ai to it (not sure if /s or not...)
x00z@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 241d
They removed the browse button, which some people used.