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In the touch-enabled world of devices Metro was envisioned for, yes, mouse settings should no longer be relevant. Meanwhile, in the real world, Windows phone di

In the touch-enabled world of devices Metro was envisioned for, yes, mouse settings should no longer be relevant. Meanwhile, in the real world, Windows phone died, just one colleague I know uses Windows on a tablet, yet Microsoft is still attempting to replace the control panel with an optimized-for-touch-only app. This is Apple- or Gnome-level pretentiousness: "that use case doesn't fit our brand, let's act like it's not there".

vbezhenar 7y ago
What about notebooks with touch screens?
- badsectoracula 7y ago
  They are rare compared to every other desktop/laptop computer, they still have touchpads and really why would you smear your screen with your sweaty fingers when you can avoid that?
  - maxxxxx 7y ago
    I was saying the same thing but once you have one it's actually quite nice from time to time.
    - badsectoracula 7y ago
      Sure, i actually have one (well, kinda, i have a GPD Win which has a touch screen although i still prefer to use the joystick to move the mouse even if it s a bit slower) but optimizing the UI for the rare case doesn't make much sense to me.
    - curt15 7y ago
      That is really an indictment of the sorry state of PC trackpads. When I use my partner's MacBook with its pixel-perfect, glass trackpad, I never feel wanting a touchscreen.
egypturnash 7y ago
I don’t see them now that I’ve moved to New Orleans but when I was in Seattle I saw a lot of people using Surfaces in cafes and regularly poking at their screens with a finger. I don’t think this was necessarily a dogfood thing either, I was rarely in Redmond.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Windows is still arguably the best OS for doing productive work on the tablet, so I'm personally very happy Microsoft is still developing it in this direction. That said, compared to old Control Panel, the Settings app is a loss in utility. One of the more annoying pattern in it is hiding stuff that's unavailable. I have a cheap 2-in-1 Windows computer I use as my sidearm, and it tends to lose or gain the tablet mode screen autorotation setting every other Windows Update. Only after I realized what's going on, I stopped feeling gaslighted by the Settings app.

vbezhenar 7y ago

What about notebooks with touch screens?

badsectoracula 7y ago
They are rare compared to every other desktop/laptop computer, they still have touchpads and really why would you smear your screen with your sweaty fingers when you can avoid that?
- maxxxxx 7y ago
  I was saying the same thing but once you have one it's actually quite nice from time to time.
  - badsectoracula 7y ago
    Sure, i actually have one (well, kinda, i have a GPD Win which has a touch screen although i still prefer to use the joystick to move the mouse even if it s a bit slower) but optimizing the UI for the rare case doesn't make much sense to me.
  - curt15 7y ago
    That is really an indictment of the sorry state of PC trackpads. When I use my partner's MacBook with its pixel-perfect, glass trackpad, I never feel wanting a touchscreen.

egypturnash 7y ago

I don’t see them now that I’ve moved to New Orleans but when I was in Seattle I saw a lot of people using Surfaces in cafes and regularly poking at their screens with a finger. I don’t think this was necessarily a dogfood thing either, I was rarely in Redmond.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
Windows is still arguably the best OS for doing productive work on the tablet, so I'm personally very happy Microsoft is still developing it in this direction. That said, compared to old Control Panel, the Settings app is a loss in utility. One of the more annoying pattern in it is hiding stuff that's unavailable. I have a cheap 2-in-1 Windows computer I use as my sidearm, and it tends to lose or gain the tablet mode screen autorotation setting every other Windows Update. Only after I realized what's going on, I stopped feeling gaslighted by the Settings app.