5 ms·

you can get it back kinda if you keep dwm from starting, but then you lose some other things.

• ryandrake 8y ago
  This is a long-standing problem for the whole software industry that is largely unsolved: real separation between the user interface and other logic. In order to stay on yesterday’s (better) UI, you need to stay on yesterday’s software version, foregoing critical security and performance improvements, or rely on nasty third party hacks to bring the old UI back to the new software. I know a lot of people who deliberately do not update their software unless forced to, because designers/developers cannot resist the urge to redo the UI every year, pointlessly moving things around and changing everything.
  • CaptSpify 8y ago
    This, imho, is the biggest reason people don't update their software. They've caught onto the fact that the term "updates" is misleading, and it would be better call it an "anti-feature delivery mechanism". This is why we need two separate channels for updates: One for security, and the other for features.
    • java-man 8y ago
      Excellent idea! But, unfortunately, quite unlikely: it assumes extra thought must go into architecture and implementation. If you look around and see the current state of software industry, the rapid increase of entropy in software systems, the push of the market for cheaper, or completely free software, you'll find no pressure ever to deliver an "anti-feature delivery mechanism". Plus, making a perfect product effectively puts you out of business. But ship a product that needs support, customization, training, consulting, periodic updates, maintenance - and you a rich man!
  • ConceptJunkie 8y ago
    UI design used to be a science. Now it seems they let anyone who can use Photoshop do it.