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Control panel allowed for third-party add-ins. settings doesn't. Until CPLs are migrated, Control Panel stays
by freeone3000 5y ago
Control panel allowed for third-party add-ins. settings doesn't. Until CPLs are migrated, Control Panel stays
- cblconfederate 5y agowasnt a hierarchical, folder-like control panel more usable anyway? They just needed to figure out a more sane hierarchy.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoBut there are still non-third-party things in Control Panel. Microsoft hasn't moved all their own settings over to Settings.
- layer8 5y agoThird-party add-ins add additional tabs to Microsoft’s Control Panel items. Microsoft can’t just remove them.
- nxc18 5y agoIf Microsoft really wanted to, they could find a way to squeeze the old panels into the new UI. They can run x86 binaries on ARM, and all sorts of other tricks, its not like they lack the engineering talent. They also do loads of shims/special treatments for specific apps based on a compatibility database. Worst case scenario, they could rewrite the top ~100 most common ones and make “Legacy Control Panel” an optional feature that is off by default. It has been 5+ years since Windows 10 came out, longer since 8, Microsoft really doesn’t need people making excuses for them.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoThey could remove (or just hide) them by default, if no third-party add-ins are installed. But they can't do that because not all of the settings are exposed by the new Settings screen.