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The start menu is far from usable, but Classic Shell is the first thing I install on a new Windows 10 machine (which gets rid of it). The remainder of the UI, s
by selfhoster11 5y ago
The start menu is far from usable, but Classic Shell is the first thing I install on a new Windows 10 machine (which gets rid of it). The remainder of the UI, such as the taskbar and the window management are light-years ahead of Linux. The closest thing I could find to replicate this in the Linux ecosystem is KDE, but even that sucks and is very buggy.
- hulitu 5y agoI find window management in fvwm light years ahead of windows. Working with virtual desktops in windows 10 is a PITA. The idea to fill the title bar with all kind of search bars, buttons (why do i need Save in titlebar when i have the same thing in the ribbon ?) is terrible. I cannot double click to maximize a window because i will hit a search or save button or ribbon button. Resizing windows in win 10 ? They made the border so thin that it is a lotery to grab it with a normal mouse on a HD monitor. But, ymmv.
- wkearney99 5y agoThe window decorations changes in Windows 10 are indeed horrible. I hope there's a special place in Hell for those that forced 'ribbons' onto the UI.
- selfhoster11 5y agoI prefer ribbons to the old-style menus in office suites. But they still could be better - I often need to switch between three tabs to perform certain actions.
- pjmlp 5y agoRibbons were actually introduced into the OS on Windows 7, after their appearance on Office. The Hilo sample for introduction to programming in C++ makes use of the Ribbon.
- selfhoster11 5y agoI don't like virtual desktops much, so I don't use them. But I agree that stuffing many functions into the title bar hurts the UX. IMO, Office 2010 got it right - mostly a plain title bar, with a few (!) quick launch buttons customisable by the user.