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I believe Windows 8 hit the same problem as Vista. Too ambitious plans for the available time frame so engineers did not have time to get things right. For exam

I believe Windows 8 hit the same problem as Vista. Too ambitious plans for the available time frame so engineers did not have time to get things right. For example the Modern UI was actually pretty neat idea, but of course the version that shipped with Windows 8 was completely useless. They should have waited until the screen splitting was working and figure out a way to easily split the screen between traditional and modern apps. What's the main issue with registry or what would be better alternative? I think this kind of database oriented way of storing the settings with transaction support is actually pretty good approach.

ethbro 9y ago
In both cases the story seems like it can be summed up as "spec'd rewrites of major subsystems, and worry about implementations of how people actually use them later". E.g. all the missing Win 8 basic Windows functionality, where the underlying system existed but no GUI had been written to expose it And how Windows Explorer search is still a cluster$&#@ that's regressed in functionality since XP (available operands to specify search params, scope, speed, etc).
Sunset 9y ago
Another highly annoying example of good ideas just not finished properly is trying to use multiple virtual desktops on multiple monitors. For some reason switching the virtual destkots switches to the new desktop for ALL physical monitors. Just why... The devs have also STILL not figured out how to give a simple and easy way to move windows from one monitor to another from the alt-tab menu.