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I can imagine a series of events at MS like below (A pure imagination): 1. A new UX head is hired and looks for something that will make them look important.
by jinwoo68 2y ago
I can imagine a series of events at MS like below (A pure imagination):
1. A new UX head is hired and looks for something that will make them look important.
2. Initiate a usability research across all the features in the Windows UI.
3. Make an internal announcement. "Our research shows that many users are scared of changing settings in Control Panel. They are afraid of breaking the system by changing anything there. We will create a new UX for changing settings in a simple, intuitive, and innovative way."
4. They hire many UX researchers, visual designers, UI prototypers, and of course many middle managers.
5. A year later, another announcement. "We now have a complete understanding of how we can create a simple, intuitive, and innovative user experience. Now our engineering team will implement this in upcoming years."
6. They hire many product managers, UI engineers, program managers, QA team, and of course many middle managers.
7. Two years later, another announcement. "We are launching the new innovative UX that replaces Control Panel".
8. Get a lot of internal feedback. "The new UI doesn't let me change X or Y setting", "The new UI is too slow", "Too much whitespace in the new UI", etc. They are all ignored as "working as intended". They say "X and Y settings are used by very few users. Use the old UI for those settings."
9. Several years later, "We don't have enough engineering resources to maintain two different apps. Let's kill Control Panel."
- lttlrck 2y agoNext up: Device Manager ;-(
- bonoboTP 2y agoAnd Disk Manager... There were a few of these staples that I could always rely on to fix issues for friends and family. I remember them from 20 years ago and they kept working reliably. Since I've long transitioned to using only Linux both at home and work, I have no idea how to get anything done in these fancy new lean and modern "streamlined" UIs and am not of much help to Windows users. At least so far Control Panel was there but even so, some things were added only to the dumb new UI parts. I think MS managers may be forgetting how much their users have been relying on their IT whiz kid relative or friend. If you cull power user features, you indirectly make life harder for the average user too.
- ZoomerCretin 2y agoI so badly wish they'd open-source Windows. It wasn't bad enough that they refuse to fix obviously bad code, but they also don't allow the very many talented performance engineers submit PRs that would do in a month what they couldn't get done in years.
- Idesmi 2y agoDon't submit to the whims of a private company. Use Free Software.
- ilrwbwrkhv 2y agoI only use it for games and maybe with valve's work that won't be needed sooner either.
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- dns_snek 2y agoDepending on the kinds of games you play, Linux + Proton can provide an excellent gaming experience now, often times better than on Windows, with fewer stutters. Some multiplayer games with kernel rootkit/anticheat might not work, but I haven't encountered any Linux-specific issues in the games I play. I'm sure this isn't the experience for everyone but it's worth a try.
- ghssds 2y agoAnd host them on Github /s
- chris_wot 2y agoNot sure I see the issue.
- greenchair 2y ago
- PeterStuer 2y agoBy the time Windows 8 rolled around Microsoft wanted a 'unified' UX across devices so bad that they threw the desktop and laptop users completely under the bus. Most people can barely remember just how unusable the first new UX Word was on a laptop screen before years of reluctant rollbacks reclaimed some screen realestate for actual work. But hey, "Just imagine 30% app store revenue for every application on every PC" is a powerfull enough motivator to sacrifice even the UX on.
- rkagerer 2y agoI still use Word 2003 because the ribbon is evil (translated, it degrades the advantages of a toolbar and takes twice as many clicks to get things done).
- emeril 2y agoI'm jealous - I held onto Excel 2003 until 2018 at which point Win10 couldn't really run it anymore - all office after 2003 is a step backwards IMO I use Office 2010 which seems moderately stable (2007 was a complete mess) + ubitmenu though I am occasionally irked that 2010 isn't fully compatible with nested comments some colleagues use...
- graemep 2y agoWhy not use Libre Office?
- badsectoracula 2y agoYeah, Libre Office has -IMO- the best approach by allowing different UIs and i find the "single toolbar" superior to the ribbon-like interface or the "mass overload" of toolbars the default/office-2003-like UI has. Obviously the single toolbar only provides the most common and basic functionality but that's what i'd need in a toolbar - and if i'd need more i could probably customize it (probably, i don't know, never had the need :-P).
- anakaine 2y ago
- mewpmewp2 2y agoBased on my experience in a similar large company environment, this looks very much on point.
- legends2k 2y agoYou, sir/ma'am, are a genius. I've actually seen this happen to quite some extent.
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- ktosobcy 2y agoI feel this is exactly what happened to JetBrains IDEA abysmal "redesign"...