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Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now (go.theregister.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

8 was a good core with a terrible UI

I’d argue 8 was the best windows we’ve had, ever. The UI was awkward.

8.1 however was IMO was damn near perfection. This is of course from my standpoint of “it just boots windows to then run steam” since I don’t use windows for anything but that.

AND honestly if you spent a little time customizing the metro screen … it was dope.

You could set your games as metro tiles.

My metro screen was amazing.

Now the “metro” full screen app pane is standard fare ( macOS, gnome ) and nobody bats an eye. 🤷

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I preferred 8.1 and Vista over 7. 8.1 worked. You could search stuff and it'd find it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Preferring vista over 7 is a take.

    Vista wasn’t bad at its end of life … but idk about Vista over 7

    I preferred 8 over 7 from day one, but I was used to that style of app screen from Linux already so it was an improvement for me instead of a wild workflow change

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    To me, 7 felt like a reskin of Vista with features removed.

    The features people complained about in Vista where in 7. I think the departure from XP is what was rough, in part because of the jump in security and in ressource usage. But by the time 7 came out, people had sold the old familly room computer and got a newer machine that could handle the additional load.

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