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The regressions are in that it is much slower and wastes screen real estate. 90% of the window size is for faux buttons that have zero purpose for anyone who do

The regressions are in that it is much slower and wastes screen real estate. 90% of the window size is for faux buttons that have zero purpose for anyone who doesn't use a touch screen on their Windows computer (ie. at least 99% of the Windows users) and the 10% that remains uses oversized elements with wasteful padding. Here is what i use as a calculator on Windows: http://runtimeterror.com/tools/calc/calc.hta.txt http://runtimeterror.com/tools/calc/calc.hta.txt It looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/eWZfcXB.png https://i.imgur.com/eWZfcXB.png and not only is much faster to open than Windows Calculator (ironic, considering it loads an entire browser engine) but also more compact and doesn't waste any screen space (100% of its window is dedicated to its actual functionality instead of being an obsolete skeuomorphism that was originally made to help people associate desktop calculators with the virtual desktop metaphor used on the Macintosh back in 1984 when actual physical desktop calculators could be found everywhere).

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
> ie. at least 99% of the Windows users I bet a lot more than 1% of Windows users have touch screens at this point, since they've become more-or-less standard on high-end laptops. Mind, it still could easily be < 10%, given how many people have old/cheap PCs. I don't quite know what the solution is though. The last thing Windows 10 needs in addition to its two separate control panels, command lines, and web browsers are two separate calculator apps.
- olyjohn 7y ago
  At least they only have one kernel running both Windows and the Linux subsystem. Because that is somehow better than just running a Linux VM with a real Linux kernel.
  - uncletaco 7y ago
    They are running a linux VM with a real linux kernel is WSL2.
kalleboo 7y ago
Does Windows not have something like the Mac's built-in Spotlight search? On the Mac, whereever I am, I can hit command-space, and in the resulting universal search pop-up I can type in math problems, unit/currency conversations, etc. Even on iOS I use the search field for math & unit conversions rather than the Calc app, since it's easier to refine/fix your formula
- gregschlom 7y ago
  It does - just press the Windows key to open the start menu and type your expression - but... the math is done by Bing. Which means that 1. it's unnecessarily slow and 2. without internet, your machine can't even show you the result of 2+2.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago

> ie. at least 99% of the Windows users I bet a lot more than 1% of Windows users have touch screens at this point, since they've become more-or-less standard on high-end laptops. Mind, it still could easily be < 10%, given how many people have old/cheap PCs. I don't quite know what the solution is though. The last thing Windows 10 needs in addition to its two separate control panels, command lines, and web browsers are two separate calculator apps.

olyjohn 7y ago
At least they only have one kernel running both Windows and the Linux subsystem. Because that is somehow better than just running a Linux VM with a real Linux kernel.
- uncletaco 7y ago
  They are running a linux VM with a real linux kernel is WSL2.

kalleboo 7y ago

Does Windows not have something like the Mac's built-in Spotlight search? On the Mac, whereever I am, I can hit command-space, and in the resulting universal search pop-up I can type in math problems, unit/currency conversations, etc. Even on iOS I use the search field for math & unit conversions rather than the Calc app, since it's easier to refine/fix your formula

gregschlom 7y ago
It does - just press the Windows key to open the start menu and type your expression - but... the math is done by Bing. Which means that 1. it's unnecessarily slow and 2. without internet, your machine can't even show you the result of 2+2.