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I like the part where it clearly knows a tv with sound is disconnected but it doesnt switch to the only working audio device. Trips around the settings and back

I like the part where it clearly knows a tv with sound is disconnected but it doesnt switch to the only working audio device. Trips around the settings and back get all the more interesting like that. I dont even know where my failed prints from 6 months ago are stored until it bothers me with a popup that is slightly to fast to interact with. I belive a complicated ui should have a kind of blog where you can find all the nonsense going doen in chronological order with tags and categories.

card_zero 2y ago
I've kept a file called "problems.txt" for the last two years, where I record the many Windows aggravations for posterity (and for when they happen again).
- BuyMyBitcoins 2y ago
  If you begin the txt file with .LOG each time you open the file Notepad will add a timestamp and a new line at the end of the document.
  - card_zero 2y ago
    I stopped using Notepad because updates were turning it to shit, now I use SciTE (with a command rigged up to run a .bat to insert time and date on a key combo, which is the one thing I missed from Notepad).
vel0city 2y ago
> I dont even know where my failed prints from 6 months ago are stored Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners > pick any printer > Open print queue. The Print Queue can also then jump between printers. And you don't need to go into the Settings app to change sound devices. Click the Sound icon in the taskbar, click the icon to the right of the slider with what looks like little sliders and an arrow, choose your device. But even then its pretty easy using the full Settings app. System > Sound > click the circle next to the device you want to change to the default. I don't get how that's materially worse than Control Panel > Sound > Right click > Set as Default Device.
- theendisney 2y ago
  I do know how to right click the printer icon in the tray. The os should know when new screens are attached or removed and take logical action. If you have 2 cars in your driveway you have to chose. If one is removed, which one do you use? Putting things under system or behind a vague icon is not instantly obvious. If i did that i would sell nothing. That 3 things combined in one icon is wrong is already obvious where you refer to it as the sound icon. The convention is for the banana icon to open the banana menu. You switch to the banana mind set and learn new banana features.

card_zero 2y ago

I've kept a file called "problems.txt" for the last two years, where I record the many Windows aggravations for posterity (and for when they happen again).

BuyMyBitcoins 2y ago
If you begin the txt file with .LOG each time you open the file Notepad will add a timestamp and a new line at the end of the document.
- card_zero 2y ago
  I stopped using Notepad because updates were turning it to shit, now I use SciTE (with a command rigged up to run a .bat to insert time and date on a key combo, which is the one thing I missed from Notepad).

vel0city 2y ago

> I dont even know where my failed prints from 6 months ago are stored Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners > pick any printer > Open print queue. The Print Queue can also then jump between printers. And you don't need to go into the Settings app to change sound devices. Click the Sound icon in the taskbar, click the icon to the right of the slider with what looks like little sliders and an arrow, choose your device. But even then its pretty easy using the full Settings app. System > Sound > click the circle next to the device you want to change to the default. I don't get how that's materially worse than Control Panel > Sound > Right click > Set as Default Device.

theendisney 2y ago
I do know how to right click the printer icon in the tray. The os should know when new screens are attached or removed and take logical action. If you have 2 cars in your driveway you have to chose. If one is removed, which one do you use? Putting things under system or behind a vague icon is not instantly obvious. If i did that i would sell nothing. That 3 things combined in one icon is wrong is already obvious where you refer to it as the sound icon. The convention is for the banana icon to open the banana menu. You switch to the banana mind set and learn new banana features.