▲ 325 ▼ When did Microsoft stop developing Windows to be good? (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 2 years ago by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments Nowadays Windows is filled with adware and is fairly slow, but it wasn't always like this. Was there a particular time where a change occurred?
[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, every UI change since 7 has been for the worse, increasing the number of steps required to get work done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) I heard someone refer to what happened from XP to 10 as "onioneering" because they just added layers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago TIL Windows is an ogre... permalink fedilink source parent [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) To be fair, 10's Settings screen makes dealing with wifi and bluetooth much easier than 7 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* I wasn't using bluetooth with 7, so you could be right. But if I need to fiddle with wifi beyond just changing what AP I'm connected to, the network settings I typically want to look at, eg disabling adapters or manually setting an IP address, were available in fewer steps in 7 versus 10. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) I heard someone refer to what happened from XP to 10 as "onioneering" because they just added layers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago TIL Windows is an ogre... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) To be fair, 10's Settings screen makes dealing with wifi and bluetooth much easier than 7 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* I wasn't using bluetooth with 7, so you could be right. But if I need to fiddle with wifi beyond just changing what AP I'm connected to, the network settings I typically want to look at, eg disabling adapters or manually setting an IP address, were available in fewer steps in 7 versus 10. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* I wasn't using bluetooth with 7, so you could be right. But if I need to fiddle with wifi beyond just changing what AP I'm connected to, the network settings I typically want to look at, eg disabling adapters or manually setting an IP address, were available in fewer steps in 7 versus 10. permalink fedilink source parent