• stratts@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    This might be a bit off topic, but Windows 98, and to a lesser extent Windows XP and 7, always evoke a sense of nostalgic simplicity for me. The OS felt stable (as in, unchanging) and seemed to stay out of the way.

    Since Windows 8, but especially with Windows 10 and 11, it’s felt complicated, busy, and intrusive.

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      1 year ago

      I think the biggest problem is that, since 8, Windows has basically been trying to be two separate OSes, with two entirely different use paradigms, and it doesn’t work. And having multiple control panels, configs, etc. makes things messy and confusing.

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      1 year ago

      Totally agree on 8 and even 11 appears to be busy despite their intent for the contrary. That being said I feel like 10 will go down in history with XP and 7 as being simple and usable. I could have blinders on though because I’ve been using it for like a decade now.

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        1 year ago

        10 was definitely the best version of Windows in a long time but personally I’d still put it closer to 8 and 11 than XP or 7, it’s got far more advertising, telemetry, awkward inconsistency, and is more locked down/less customisable.