GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down156
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minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·1 year agoA lot of windows UI is 30 years old
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up48·1 year agoPretty sure Windows has more legacy components than Linux just because no nerds are updating it in their free time
minus-squareTitou@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s updated by the entreprise not users
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoAlways jarring when you open a folder dialog, and an unresizeable chunk of Windows 3.1 suddenly appears. I know it’s still in the ODBC settings, probably other places too.
minus-squareRichCaffeineFlavor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoAnd there will be a riot if they try to change it
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThere already was one… Does anyone remember Windows 8?
minus-squareLemmyvisitor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoit wouldn’t be so bad if the change wasn’t objectively worse
minus-squareHerrBeter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI throughly enjoyed windows 8. Having a side screen with all programs in a fully customizable area was great
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThis bothers me a lot and also applies, to some extent, to MS office software. If you go deep enough you end up in the same old clunky UI that actually did the job.
A lot of windows UI is 30 years old
Pretty sure Windows has more legacy components than Linux just because no nerds are updating it in their free time
It’s updated by the entreprise not users
Always jarring when you open a folder dialog, and an unresizeable chunk of Windows 3.1 suddenly appears.
I know it’s still in the ODBC settings, probably other places too.
And there will be a riot if they try to change it
There already was one… Does anyone remember Windows 8?
it wouldn’t be so bad if the change wasn’t objectively worse
I throughly enjoyed windows 8. Having a side screen with all programs in a fully customizable area was great
This bothers me a lot and also applies, to some extent, to MS office software. If you go deep enough you end up in the same old clunky UI that actually did the job.