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> I used to forget which sub menu inside the thing I needed was except for the ones I used frequently The trick was to create your own folders to flatten the h
by ptx 3y ago
> I used to forget which sub menu inside the thing I needed was except for the ones I used frequently
The trick was to create your own folders to flatten the hierarchy, so you never have to look inside the "Programs" sub menu. You could even move your most frequently used items to the top level, with no folders at all, so they're available with a single click.
This got a lot easier with Windows 98 (or with the IE version that included the shell update) where you could just drag and drop to rearrange the menus.
- JohnBooty 3y agoYeah. The default experience was not great, but with a little curation it was super streamlined. When I saw developers using the default setup it was usually a pretty reliable clue as to their skill level. Of course... Linux users would have said the fact that I was using Windows was an even bigger clue about my skill level.
- JohnFen 3y ago> it was usually a pretty reliable clue as to their skill level. But in which direction? I'm very skilled, and used to customize things like this -- but at a certain point, I stopped doing it because I'd develop muscle memory for my customizations that would really mess me up when using someone else's computer. So now, I don't customize anything. It makes my life easier.