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Windows XP original theme was the best. Not at a nostalgic level only (which of course affects me and my memory), but I felt it was so easy to use and so easy t

by 101008 6y ago

Windows XP original theme was the best. Not at a nostalgic level only (which of course affects me and my memory), but I felt it was so easy to use and so easy to find everything. Today, Windows 10 control panel is a mess.

MereInterest 6y ago
> Today, Windows 10 control panel is a mess. Oh gosh, yes. It gets a little bit better if you organize it alphabetically, but then it is alphabetical left to right, top to bottom. It's as if somebody intentionally designed it to be as difficult to scan through as possible.
- wruza 6y ago
  Upvoted this, because I always found rtl-then-down ordering confusing af. On top of that, every generation of windows renamed items, like "Software ...", "Programs ...", "Add/remove programs ...", etc.
- fomine3 6y ago
  It would makes localizing nightmare.
flomo 6y ago
By far the best feature of XP theming was you could turn it off and it looked just Windows 2000 :)
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
  Yeah, this was always my first step when I found myself forced to use Windows.
dehrmann 6y ago
> Today, Windows 10 control panel is a mess. Which one?
- pcdoodle 6y ago
  Haha! Reminds me of this: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/954/660/350.jpg https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/954/660/350...
Jaruzel 6y ago
The Control Panel in Windows 10 is now legacy, with most things now under Settings. Eventually it'll go away I guess, but some apps still install their own little control panel applets. Either way, the best way to access everything you can do in Windows 10 is do it via the 'god mode' folder: 1. Create a new folder 2. Rename it to: GodMode.{ed7ba470-8e54-465e-825c-99712043e01c} 3. Open it The 'GodMode' part of the name, can be anything you like tbh.
- Stevvo 6y ago
  The problem with the settings app is most things are not included in it.
- nix23 6y ago
  >with most things now under Settings Yeah that's the problem, it's not. Microsoft should really be more focused on usability, the whole "i wanna be touch-panel" is just stupid, MS you are a PC! Even Apple said that.
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    You do get into a bit of a problem when you put Windows on a tablet such as the Surface line. I think that’s what Microsoft was trying to solve with Windows 8, but they failed very badly. They have fixed some things such as removing the Start Screen and putting back a Start Menu, but the fundamental problem of putting a desktop OS on a tablet (touch targets must be bigger than click targets) still exists. I don’t see them fixing it any time soon, but I’d love to be wrong.
cpach 6y ago
I’m not sure I agree about easy to use. But it was very peformant, even on modest hardware. My favorite though was Windows 2000. Very stable.

by 101008 6y ago

MereInterest 6y ago

> Today, Windows 10 control panel is a mess. Oh gosh, yes. It gets a little bit better if you organize it alphabetically, but then it is alphabetical left to right, top to bottom. It's as if somebody intentionally designed it to be as difficult to scan through as possible.

wruza 6y ago
Upvoted this, because I always found rtl-then-down ordering confusing af. On top of that, every generation of windows renamed items, like "Software ...", "Programs ...", "Add/remove programs ...", etc.
fomine3 6y ago
It would makes localizing nightmare.

flomo 6y ago

By far the best feature of XP theming was you could turn it off and it looked just Windows 2000 :)

fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
Yeah, this was always my first step when I found myself forced to use Windows.

dehrmann 6y ago

> Today, Windows 10 control panel is a mess. Which one?

pcdoodle 6y ago
Haha! Reminds me of this: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/954/660/350.jpg https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/954/660/350...

Jaruzel 6y ago

The Control Panel in Windows 10 is now legacy, with most things now under Settings. Eventually it'll go away I guess, but some apps still install their own little control panel applets. Either way, the best way to access everything you can do in Windows 10 is do it via the 'god mode' folder: 1. Create a new folder 2. Rename it to: GodMode.{ed7ba470-8e54-465e-825c-99712043e01c} 3. Open it The 'GodMode' part of the name, can be anything you like tbh.

Stevvo 6y ago
The problem with the settings app is most things are not included in it.
nix23 6y ago
>with most things now under Settings Yeah that's the problem, it's not. Microsoft should really be more focused on usability, the whole "i wanna be touch-panel" is just stupid, MS you are a PC! Even Apple said that.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  You do get into a bit of a problem when you put Windows on a tablet such as the Surface line. I think that’s what Microsoft was trying to solve with Windows 8, but they failed very badly. They have fixed some things such as removing the Start Screen and putting back a Start Menu, but the fundamental problem of putting a desktop OS on a tablet (touch targets must be bigger than click targets) still exists. I don’t see them fixing it any time soon, but I’d love to be wrong.

cpach 6y ago

I’m not sure I agree about easy to use. But it was very peformant, even on modest hardware. My favorite though was Windows 2000. Very stable.