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Wow, thank you for putting into writing one of my greatest pet peeves about Windows. Never thought about how often I encounter this issue until now, and how bad

Wow, thank you for putting into writing one of my greatest pet peeves about Windows. Never thought about how often I encounter this issue until now, and how bad the UX is.

Pxtl 6y ago
Honestly, everything about the Explorer feels 2 decades behind he rest of Windows 10. Like, the rest of MS is has moved on, but their file browser is like an IE6-esque albatross. Everything makes it lock up.
- cameronbrown 6y ago
  Explorer is the only Windows 10 app that doesn't make me hate life. I'll take 2010 functionality over "metro" UI apps running in UWP anyday.
  - Pxtl 6y ago
    I just wish it didn't lock the window at the slightest provocation. Connecting to a slow network share? Rclicked and one context extension is acting up? Just feeling cranky today? Well (not responding). And if you want to close the (not responding) window, I hope you didn't want any of your other windows, including you in-progress file copies.
- tenebrisalietum 6y ago
  Wacko conspiracy theory: Microsoft really wants the end user completely separated and unaware of the file system so the user can't tell the difference between cloud and local files. This allows Microsoft to create dependency on its own cloud services, the government to have access to everyone's files, and laptop makers to cut down local storage significantly. Therefore Explorer is no longer going to get any love from Microsoft.
  - jdxcode 6y ago
    It’s because the file system doesn’t have inodes. It’s nothing to do with Explorer
    - tenebrisalietum 6y ago
      I thought MFT indexes were the same as inodes.
      - jdxcode 6y ago
        In Unix files are pointers to pointers so you can have multiple files pointing the the same thing (hardline). You can’t do this in Windows and that’s also why you can’t delete in-use files or directories with files inside
MauranKilom 6y ago
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1888/ https://xkcd.com/1888/

Wow, thank you for putting into writing one of my greatest pet peeves about Windows. Never thought about how often I encounter this issue until now, and how bad the UX is.

Pxtl 6y ago

Honestly, everything about the Explorer feels 2 decades behind he rest of Windows 10. Like, the rest of MS is has moved on, but their file browser is like an IE6-esque albatross. Everything makes it lock up.

cameronbrown 6y ago
Explorer is the only Windows 10 app that doesn't make me hate life. I'll take 2010 functionality over "metro" UI apps running in UWP anyday.
- Pxtl 6y ago
  I just wish it didn't lock the window at the slightest provocation. Connecting to a slow network share? Rclicked and one context extension is acting up? Just feeling cranky today? Well (not responding). And if you want to close the (not responding) window, I hope you didn't want any of your other windows, including you in-progress file copies.
tenebrisalietum 6y ago
Wacko conspiracy theory: Microsoft really wants the end user completely separated and unaware of the file system so the user can't tell the difference between cloud and local files. This allows Microsoft to create dependency on its own cloud services, the government to have access to everyone's files, and laptop makers to cut down local storage significantly. Therefore Explorer is no longer going to get any love from Microsoft.
- jdxcode 6y ago
  It’s because the file system doesn’t have inodes. It’s nothing to do with Explorer
  - tenebrisalietum 6y ago
    I thought MFT indexes were the same as inodes.
    - jdxcode 6y ago
      In Unix files are pointers to pointers so you can have multiple files pointing the the same thing (hardline). You can’t do this in Windows and that’s also why you can’t delete in-use files or directories with files inside

MauranKilom 6y ago

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1888/ https://xkcd.com/1888/