▲ 736 ▼ Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net) submitted 2 years ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world 298 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (11 children) My god, the amount of legacy crap in Windows. They ought to just start over at some point. permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) We need Windows NNT - New New Technology permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fnrir@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How about Windows NEW ALL (in reference to Tantacrul)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago New all, everybody! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) On the flip side, this is what makes Windows generally very good at backwards compatibility. They do update the codebase for stuff, but still generally very backwards compatible with software and games designed to run on previous versions of Windows. Fun Fact: Backwards compatibility is the reason you can't name a file or folder CON. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, that makes sense. If it's starting to bite them in the butt, though, maybe they should start relegating that stuff to emulation, if they can write a good enough emulator. I don't know when. Maybe it's already gone by, maybe it's in the future. But there's probably a point in time when all of that backward compatibility stops being worth it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is that a real concern? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago While I haven't diven into their codebase, that kind of thing tends to severely limit what developers can do to improve the product, slow them down, etc. Be it new features, deeper UX improvements, performance optimizations... Basically anything you want to do with your progress, generally speaking, it's going to get harder the more legacy stuff you need to deal with. permalink fedilink source parent [–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago (3 children) Isn't that what wine is ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) I don't understand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wine (wine is not (an) emulator) is a reimplementation of the windows api set. It's literally starting windows again from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh I see. Well if it has exactly the same API, if that API also has weird legacy stuff built in that hinder developers, then maybe not, but overall that does sound very similar, yes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) We need Windows NNT - New New Technology permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fnrir@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How about Windows NEW ALL (in reference to Tantacrul)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago New all, everybody! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How about Windows NEW ALL (in reference to Tantacrul)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago New all, everybody! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) On the flip side, this is what makes Windows generally very good at backwards compatibility. They do update the codebase for stuff, but still generally very backwards compatible with software and games designed to run on previous versions of Windows. Fun Fact: Backwards compatibility is the reason you can't name a file or folder CON. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, that makes sense. If it's starting to bite them in the butt, though, maybe they should start relegating that stuff to emulation, if they can write a good enough emulator. I don't know when. Maybe it's already gone by, maybe it's in the future. But there's probably a point in time when all of that backward compatibility stops being worth it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, that makes sense. If it's starting to bite them in the butt, though, maybe they should start relegating that stuff to emulation, if they can write a good enough emulator. I don't know when. Maybe it's already gone by, maybe it's in the future. But there's probably a point in time when all of that backward compatibility stops being worth it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is that a real concern? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago While I haven't diven into their codebase, that kind of thing tends to severely limit what developers can do to improve the product, slow them down, etc. Be it new features, deeper UX improvements, performance optimizations... Basically anything you want to do with your progress, generally speaking, it's going to get harder the more legacy stuff you need to deal with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago While I haven't diven into their codebase, that kind of thing tends to severely limit what developers can do to improve the product, slow them down, etc. Be it new features, deeper UX improvements, performance optimizations... Basically anything you want to do with your progress, generally speaking, it's going to get harder the more legacy stuff you need to deal with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago (3 children) Isn't that what wine is ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) I don't understand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wine (wine is not (an) emulator) is a reimplementation of the windows api set. It's literally starting windows again from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh I see. Well if it has exactly the same API, if that API also has weird legacy stuff built in that hinder developers, then maybe not, but overall that does sound very similar, yes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) I don't understand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wine (wine is not (an) emulator) is a reimplementation of the windows api set. It's literally starting windows again from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh I see. Well if it has exactly the same API, if that API also has weird legacy stuff built in that hinder developers, then maybe not, but overall that does sound very similar, yes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wine (wine is not (an) emulator) is a reimplementation of the windows api set. It's literally starting windows again from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh I see. Well if it has exactly the same API, if that API also has weird legacy stuff built in that hinder developers, then maybe not, but overall that does sound very similar, yes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh I see. Well if it has exactly the same API, if that API also has weird legacy stuff built in that hinder developers, then maybe not, but overall that does sound very similar, yes! permalink fedilink source parent