> the operating system itself not coherent > settings app and the control panel After using Mac, I once decided to explore Win7's control panel on a friend's

> the operating system itself not coherent > settings app and the control panel After using Mac, I once decided to explore Win7's control panel on a friend's machine. I counted ten different kinds of windows in there, not including third-party additions. Some of the windows had controls that weren't used anywhere else in the system—iirc it was the side panel with navigation links. Hearing that MS now made another entire app for the settings, in addition, was a knee-slapper. Control panel is my litmus test for the quality of a desktop environment. E.g. you can easily see how Gnome 2 stole ideas from Mac, in the good sense.