Imagine being one of the developers who put their time and effort into the base OS tools back in the day (almost all of which we had as far back as 7) only to watch Windows 11 undo all of it.
The hilarious thing about Vista to me is that I remember hating it at the time, but now I’ve seen versions of Windows so much worse that I can’t even muster mild dislike for it lmao
vice versa for me and 10. "oh ok, it unfucked everything 8 did wrong. Sure the settings UI is a little changed, but I'm going to move countries in a few weeks, I can't change operating systems to 7 or linux now"
fucking SIX years it took me to get off that awful OS
Just AI generating an image of what the desktop should look like.
Mouse, keyboard, and other inputs are treated like prompts (e.g. move pointer to 43, 135).
All that gets stored on your disk is these prompts in a giant file and it executes it all on each startup to get to the final state you were on last time (it's never quite right, sometimes completely wrong)
All of that is processed "on the cloud" and you get an eye watering bill at the end of each month (MS is still running on a loss though), but hey at least the PC didn't cost more than $100 because it's an SD card, a wireless adapter, and a bunch of cables in a trench coat.
This is saying that their online MS account has somehow lost the database entry for Snipping Tool (something that should just be integrated into the base OS) being associated with their account, meaning that even though it appears installed and I’m pretty sure based on what I’m seeing the binaries are ready and waiting. The online store prevents it from launching. Definitely exclusive to MicroSlop.
"Why bother taking a screenshot on your own? You could spend 10x as much time describing what you want a screenshot of to Copilot. And after it gives you something you didn't want, you can spend another 10 minutes looking up open source alternatives to Snipping Tool Copilot Edition."
Basic screenshot capability is a fundamental feature of a graphical desktop OS. Whether you bundle a tool (like many Linux distros) or include your own (like MacOS and Windows) doesn't really matter, but users shouldn't have to go find a tool.
It's great that Greenshot and others to exist for people who want more features or a more specialized tool. But screenshots, image viewer with crop/rotate, text editor, web browser... These are things that all need to be part of the standard installation and need to work without signing up for services or other bullshit.
If even a year ago i could say that windows 11 indeed sucks, but at least is still useful for people who dont care, but now it is literally unusable, and with every update becoming even worse.
Fucking yesterday on my work laptop (I work outside it had wiring diagrams etc) I turned it on went to sign in and it said your pin is no longer supported. So i tried to use my password and had to connect to the internet meaning I had to drive 20 minutes to get fucking wifi to sign into my damn computer
Fuck Microsoft I'm building a pc now that will cost me 2 times as much as it should but it will be Linux full time
It's not the application's fault. Microslop Store is a fucking blight on humanity. Words cannot express how much I despise it. Just this week I've had two walk-ins who had this error. One was some Alienware bloat that would show a pop-up every five seconds, the other was some other program I can't recall.
I have a stress ball. Sometimes I like to pretend that it's Nadella's trachea.
22 Comments
otacon239@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 219d
Imagine being one of the developers who put their time and effort into the base OS tools back in the day (almost all of which we had as far back as 7) only to watch Windows 11 undo all of it.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 219d
edit : I have never worked for microsoft. I have worked with .net
Impound4017@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 219d
The hilarious thing about Vista to me is that I remember hating it at the time, but now I’ve seen versions of Windows so much worse that I can’t even muster mild dislike for it lmao
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 219d
vice versa for me and 10. "oh ok, it unfucked everything 8 did wrong. Sure the settings UI is a little changed, but I'm going to move countries in a few weeks, I can't change operating systems to 7 or linux now"
fucking SIX years it took me to get off that awful OS
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 219d
what's the next step with windows 12? destroy the ashes?
ceenote@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 219d
We'll never know: humans won't be allowed to touch Windows 12, you can only ask the AI to operate the mouse and keyboard for you.
jaschop@awful.systems · 2 pts · 219d
The AI ethics people are gonne get Microsoft then, for making AI agents interact with their horrible OS.
Limitless_screaming@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 219d
Just AI generating an image of what the desktop should look like.
Mouse, keyboard, and other inputs are treated like prompts (e.g. move pointer to 43, 135).
All that gets stored on your disk is these prompts in a giant file and it executes it all on each startup to get to the final state you were on last time (it's never quite right, sometimes completely wrong)
All of that is processed "on the cloud" and you get an eye watering bill at the end of each month (MS is still running on a loss though), but hey at least the PC didn't cost more than $100 because it's an SD card, a wireless adapter, and a bunch of cables in a trench coat.
happy_wheels@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 219d
It's a shame, really. Watching all their progress be reverted and rolled back to make room for "features" that no sane person actually would want.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol · 1 pts · 219d
otacon239@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 219d
This is saying that their online MS account has somehow lost the database entry for Snipping Tool (something that should just be integrated into the base OS) being associated with their account, meaning that even though it appears installed and I’m pretty sure based on what I’m seeing the binaries are ready and waiting. The online store prevents it from launching. Definitely exclusive to MicroSlop.
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 219d
"Why bother taking a screenshot on your own? You could spend 10x as much time describing what you want a screenshot of to Copilot. And after it gives you something you didn't want, you can spend another 10 minutes looking up open source alternatives to Snipping Tool Copilot Edition."
-Satya Nadella, super in-touch CEO of Microslop
jamie_veal@feddit.org · 12 pts · 219d
"Just use our cool new AI Recall feature!"
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 20 pts · 219d
Microsoft is trying their hardest to make the year of the Linux desktop a reality
twinnie@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 219d
Flameshot is great for this. Probably overkill for many but it’s perfect if you need it for documenting things.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 219d
I think greenshot is still a good alternative to snipping tool on windows. Iirc it's open source too.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 219d
Snipping tool is the single Microsoft program that’s suprised me with how flawlessly it works and how convenient it is.
Mniot@programming.dev · 10 pts · 219d
Basic screenshot capability is a fundamental feature of a graphical desktop OS. Whether you bundle a tool (like many Linux distros) or include your own (like MacOS and Windows) doesn't really matter, but users shouldn't have to go find a tool.
It's great that Greenshot and others to exist for people who want more features or a more specialized tool. But screenshots, image viewer with crop/rotate, text editor, web browser... These are things that all need to be part of the standard installation and need to work without signing up for services or other bullshit.
con_fig@programming.dev · 11 pts · 219d
Ooh isn't this the same issue that fucked up terminal? Something store related that took other apps as collateral.
gegil@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 219d
If even a year ago i could say that windows 11 indeed sucks, but at least is still useful for people who dont care, but now it is literally unusable, and with every update becoming even worse.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 219d
Fucking yesterday on my work laptop (I work outside it had wiring diagrams etc) I turned it on went to sign in and it said your pin is no longer supported. So i tried to use my password and had to connect to the internet meaning I had to drive 20 minutes to get fucking wifi to sign into my damn computer
Fuck Microsoft I'm building a pc now that will cost me 2 times as much as it should but it will be Linux full time
rtxn@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 219d
It's not the application's fault. Microslop Store is a fucking blight on humanity. Words cannot express how much I despise it. Just this week I've had two walk-ins who had this error. One was some Alienware bloat that would show a pop-up every five seconds, the other was some other program I can't recall.
I have a stress ball. Sometimes I like to pretend that it's Nadella's trachea.
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 219d
*FlyOOBE has entered the chat*