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That thing is the worst! HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced set DisallowShaking dword to 1

fizzled 6y ago
THANK YOU! I had no idea what was going on, or how to describe it. I wouldn't have thought of using the word "shaking". There was a time when every feature you needed was visible (yes, I had crazy FVWM bars for a while), but "discoverability" is becoming increasingly frustrating and annoying.
ianlevesque 6y ago
This thread has come full circle. An undiscoverable registry key to disable an undesirable feature.
voldacar 6y ago
Honest question: where do you discover registry stuff like this?
- coldpie 6y ago
  Google "Windows disable shaking".
  - SilasX 6y ago
    lol, the pinnacle of feature discoverability...
    - CarbyAu 6y ago
      Oh yeah. Google to: - discover which registry key - discover how to craft shit in a game - to find where my Android setting is and what the searchterm/keyword for it is. Without google/duckduckgo 80% of the options in my world would be undiscoverable or take waaaay too much time to figure out.
      - majewsky 6y ago
        > discover how to craft shit in a game If you're refering to Minecraft, one of the reasons why Minecraft blew up that much was that it was around at the exact right time in history: when online gaming had become viable and let's-plays were just becoming a thing. Minecraft, as originally intended, is a communal experience where you learn from the friends you're playing with and from sources on the internet. If I had to describe Minecraft in one sentence, it would be "let me show you that cool thing I saw Pewdiepie do last week". The idea has become commonplace in video gaming at this point, but back then it was fairly new. (That said, opaque game experiences have been successful before, like the original Legend of Zelda. I guess the schoolyard served a similar purpose back then.)

fizzled 6y ago

THANK YOU! I had no idea what was going on, or how to describe it. I wouldn't have thought of using the word "shaking". There was a time when every feature you needed was visible (yes, I had crazy FVWM bars for a while), but "discoverability" is becoming increasingly frustrating and annoying.

ianlevesque 6y ago

This thread has come full circle. An undiscoverable registry key to disable an undesirable feature.

voldacar 6y ago

Honest question: where do you discover registry stuff like this?

coldpie 6y ago
Google "Windows disable shaking".
- SilasX 6y ago
  lol, the pinnacle of feature discoverability...
  - CarbyAu 6y ago
    Oh yeah. Google to: - discover which registry key - discover how to craft shit in a game - to find where my Android setting is and what the searchterm/keyword for it is. Without google/duckduckgo 80% of the options in my world would be undiscoverable or take waaaay too much time to figure out.
    - majewsky 6y ago
      > discover how to craft shit in a game If you're refering to Minecraft, one of the reasons why Minecraft blew up that much was that it was around at the exact right time in history: when online gaming had become viable and let's-plays were just becoming a thing. Minecraft, as originally intended, is a communal experience where you learn from the friends you're playing with and from sources on the internet. If I had to describe Minecraft in one sentence, it would be "let me show you that cool thing I saw Pewdiepie do last week". The idea has become commonplace in video gaming at this point, but back then it was fairly new. (That said, opaque game experiences have been successful before, like the original Legend of Zelda. I guess the schoolyard served a similar purpose back then.)