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>but imho the Windows desktop since 7 is better than most on the linux side. Are you by any chance a fan of minimalism? Windows desktop by default comes with

by exprA 10y ago

>but imho the Windows desktop since 7 is better than most on the linux side. Are you by any chance a fan of minimalism? Windows desktop by default comes with almost no features at all – be it about window management, file management, network connectivity (shares) or anything else. Personally I find using a plain Windows desktop an exercise in frustration for that.

tracker1 10y ago
I rarely have to touch network connectivity, and as to file management, what's wrong with launching an explorer window? I will use Win+arrow to use a portion of the screen for a given app, and on mac I use moom for that. And yes, I'm a bit of a fan of minimalism. I find that managing the apps I use the most, and navigating between open app instances to be easier in windows than anything else... the windows taskbar + start are great, though I prefer the win7 start over win10's, and didn't like win8's at all *(used classic shell). I don't like the "rest" of windows as much as mac, but the base desktop is imho great... if windows integrated a common/shared menu like mac and unity, it'd be about the only thing I'd like to see added/changed. I'd also love to see something closer to iterm2 ported to windows and linux... most of the alternatives I've used aren't as good imho. I use conemu in windows, and haven't found a console I really like in linux yet.
- WayneBro 10y ago
  If Windows implemented a global menu bar like Mac - I'd stop using computers. I hate the global menu bar. It's the worst thing about the Mac operating system IMO. I am not sure how anybody thinks it's a good idea. Probably about once a week, I go to click on a menu on my Mac only to find out that the menu doesn't even belong to the app window that I was looking at. That's a show stopper to me and I honestly don't understand how anybody thought it was a good idea. The foundation of the Windows UI is so much more flexible, robust and consistent than Mac. Apple very obviously cares more about style than function. As a matter of fact, I read somewhere that many Apple engineers hated the Dock but marketing loved it so they kept it.
  - tracker1 10y ago
    Maybe it's just the frustration of config/settings/preferences being in different locations for every freaking application on windows. It's definitely not consistent... File -> Settings File -> Preferences Edit -> Settings Edit -> Options Edit -> Preferences Tools -> Settings Tools -> Options Anything but consistent. In mac it's `[AppName] -> Preferences` always. And maybe you're right about each window having its' own menu bar.. all the same, I wouldn't call it consistent, as it really isn't.
- jnunoferreira 10y ago
  Oh man, I didn't know about the win+arrow functionality. I can now do one command to stick one window to a side of a multi-monitor setup! This is killer :)
  - tracker1 10y ago
    One of my favorite things added in win7 iirc... once pinned to the right/left can up/down to use 1/4 the screen... I'm using a 40" 4k display, so it really works out nicely.

by exprA 10y ago

tracker1 10y ago

I rarely have to touch network connectivity, and as to file management, what's wrong with launching an explorer window? I will use Win+arrow to use a portion of the screen for a given app, and on mac I use moom for that. And yes, I'm a bit of a fan of minimalism. I find that managing the apps I use the most, and navigating between open app instances to be easier in windows than anything else... the windows taskbar + start are great, though I prefer the win7 start over win10's, and didn't like win8's at all *(used classic shell). I don't like the "rest" of windows as much as mac, but the base desktop is imho great... if windows integrated a common/shared menu like mac and unity, it'd be about the only thing I'd like to see added/changed. I'd also love to see something closer to iterm2 ported to windows and linux... most of the alternatives I've used aren't as good imho. I use conemu in windows, and haven't found a console I really like in linux yet.

WayneBro 10y ago
If Windows implemented a global menu bar like Mac - I'd stop using computers. I hate the global menu bar. It's the worst thing about the Mac operating system IMO. I am not sure how anybody thinks it's a good idea. Probably about once a week, I go to click on a menu on my Mac only to find out that the menu doesn't even belong to the app window that I was looking at. That's a show stopper to me and I honestly don't understand how anybody thought it was a good idea. The foundation of the Windows UI is so much more flexible, robust and consistent than Mac. Apple very obviously cares more about style than function. As a matter of fact, I read somewhere that many Apple engineers hated the Dock but marketing loved it so they kept it.
- tracker1 10y ago
  Maybe it's just the frustration of config/settings/preferences being in different locations for every freaking application on windows. It's definitely not consistent... File -> Settings File -> Preferences Edit -> Settings Edit -> Options Edit -> Preferences Tools -> Settings Tools -> Options Anything but consistent. In mac it's `[AppName] -> Preferences` always. And maybe you're right about each window having its' own menu bar.. all the same, I wouldn't call it consistent, as it really isn't.
jnunoferreira 10y ago
Oh man, I didn't know about the win+arrow functionality. I can now do one command to stick one window to a side of a multi-monitor setup! This is killer :)
- tracker1 10y ago
  One of my favorite things added in win7 iirc... once pinned to the right/left can up/down to use 1/4 the screen... I'm using a 40" 4k display, so it really works out nicely.