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Yeah, I was surprised that even with Windows 11, we still have some subsystems using the old interface. It is better than it was (Windows 8... having to look in
by ansible 5y ago
Yeah, I was surprised that even with Windows 11, we still have some subsystems using the old interface. It is better than it was (Windows 8... having to look in multiple places to change various settings, yuck), but still far from consistent. I do wonder why they didn't (couldn't?) update everything to the latest standard by now.
BTW, you can theoretically set "active hours" for Windows, so that updates and such don't bother you so much. This is far better than it was, where Windows would basically say "I'm going to restart, you have 5 minutes to save your work". [1]
If you need to run X apps remotely, there are various X servers you can get. I've been using X410 with PuTTY successfully, though most of the time I'm in WSL instead.
Also, since you did skip the last 15 years, you have missed the "joy" of UAC prompts with Windows Vista, so you should count yourself lucky there.
[1] OK, it wasn't quite _that_ bad. But it was kind of bad.
- sedatk 5y ago> I do wonder why they didn't (couldn't?) update everything to the latest standard by now. Many people has been asking this same question on this thread. The answer is simple: backwards compatibility. That begets tough trade-off decisions. Otherwise, no product designer loves inconsistency. The other alternatives are either to never innovate, or to keep support timeframes short. Windows 1.0 had 100% consistent UI.