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The Windows 11 UI is telling the same people ”now imagine everyone has a tablet”. You’ll likely get some pushback along the lines of ”We already tried that wit

by nikanj 4y ago

The Windows 11 UI is telling the same people ”now imagine everyone has a tablet”. You’ll likely get some pushback along the lines of ”We already tried that with Windows 8 and everyone hated it”, but keep pushing - quote something about Henry Ford and horses if neccessary

grishka 4y ago
Microsoft keeps trying really hard to make touchscreens happen. Except they aren't going to happen. It's a desktop OS for mice and keyboards first and foremost, it's about time they acknowledge that by designing everything with these input devices in mind.
- johnwalkr 4y ago
  I think Windows 11 is trying to unify the settings etc to something similar to mobile OSs, but at the same time is ditching the lingering remnants of touch interfaces from Windows 8. IIRC, they now have guidelines to not assume spacing, icon sizes, etc optimized for touch unless touch is the only interface available.
  - trinix912 4y ago
    Yet the settings are far from unified, every now and then you just have to pop up some Windows 95-era dialog box and so on.
    - ale42 4y ago
      Worse, some advanced settings are just unreachable now with the new interface. It's a disaster.
      - grishka 4y ago
        Can you still create that magic shortcut pointing to some UUID that would open the old control panel?
  - grishka 4y ago
    I think they should just roll the UI back to what it was in Windows 7 and then stop working on it (the UI, not Windows itself), forever. Yes, I'm serious.
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pndy 4y ago
I'm darn sure I've read a statement somewhere that all modern UI uses rounded corners on every widget because the pointy ones were giving users threatening vibes and made them feel unwelcome.