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I couldn't give a damn about macOS or the "Linux desktop". Yet I would still call Windows a disaster. Windows 10 was released almost 6 years ago now, and it's s

I couldn't give a damn about macOS or the "Linux desktop". Yet I would still call Windows a disaster. Windows 10 was released almost 6 years ago now, and it's still a Frankenstein mess of 10 different UI styles dating all the way back to Win95, with no apparent drive to fix it up and make it consistent. Microsoft has extremely weak engineering culture.

spicybright 5y ago
They cater to business more than individual consumers. Backwards compatibility matters to them much more than ui consistency. I tend to agree with that for my own uses. I don't care if it's pretty if it works.
- c7DJTLrn 5y ago
  That argument doesn't make sense. UI has no impact on API compatibility. The only situation in which software would break is if it's doing screen scraping and automated input, in which case that software deserves to break. Backwards compatibility is not an excuse to allow 20 years of tech debt to accumulate anyway.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Those myriad incompatible UIs are just as annoying at work, so how does "cater to business more than individual consumers" make them any better?
- forgotpwd16 5y ago
  If they cater to businesses, what is the point of those UI modifications?