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Is your argument that the windows desktop is a good piece of software or that software developers who consistently create bad software are actually good develop

Is your argument that the windows desktop is a good piece of software or that software developers who consistently create bad software are actually good developers? I realize most of the terrible bloat, adware, security holes etc are probably caused by external factors, but at some point I think it's important to take responsibility for your own work and either push back on or move on.

Arainach 5y ago
I certainly consider it a good piece of software. It does more things across more environments than its competitors. I have and regularly use machines with all the major desktop platforms in my house - Windows, OS X, Linux, Chrome OS. While I cycle between them, I strongly prefer the Windows machines. The alternatives are all are missing all sorts of window management things such as snapping to screen quadrants and multimon borders, keyboard shortcuts for moving and snapping windows. Monitors with different DPIs is a challenge on Mac and hopeless on Linux. There are all sorts of UI affordances in Windows to do things like open new copies of an app (middle click on the taskbar icon), close an app (middle click on the taskbar preview), and so on. There are a number of changes I strongly disagree with in Windows 11 such as removing the ability to put the taskbar on the side, but as a whole I still think the Windows desktop is an excellent piece of software that's significantly more usable than the alternatives.
- xtracto 5y ago
  With Windows you cant "pin" a window to keep it always visible (always on top). Something that linux distros have had for about 25 years. Its not ready for the desktop.
  - BugWatch 5y ago
    ...a functionality which was provided by probably thousands of micro, small, and large indopendent utilities over the last 25+ years.

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Is your argument that the windows desktop is a good piece of software or that software developers who consistently create bad software are actually good develop

by only_as_i_fall 5y ago

Arainach 5y ago
I certainly consider it a good piece of software. It does more things across more environments than its competitors. I have and regularly use machines with all the major desktop platforms in my house - Windows, OS X, Linux, Chrome OS. While I cycle between them, I strongly prefer the Windows machines. The alternatives are all are missing all sorts of window management things such as snapping to screen quadrants and multimon borders, keyboard shortcuts for moving and snapping windows. Monitors with different DPIs is a challenge on Mac and hopeless on Linux. There are all sorts of UI affordances in Windows to do things like open new copies of an app (middle click on the taskbar icon), close an app (middle click on the taskbar preview), and so on. There are a number of changes I strongly disagree with in Windows 11 such as removing the ability to put the taskbar on the side, but as a whole I still think the Windows desktop is an excellent piece of software that's significantly more usable than the alternatives.
- xtracto 5y ago
  With Windows you cant "pin" a window to keep it always visible (always on top). Something that linux distros have had for about 25 years. Its not ready for the desktop.
  - BugWatch 5y ago
    ...a functionality which was provided by probably thousands of micro, small, and large indopendent utilities over the last 25+ years.