GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1719arrow-down156
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minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·2 years agoA lot of windows UI is 30 years old
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up48·2 years agoPretty sure Windows has more legacy components than Linux just because no nerds are updating it in their free time
minus-squareTitou@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s updated by the entreprise not users
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years 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-up12·2 years agoAnd there will be a riot if they try to change it
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoThere already was one… Does anyone remember Windows 8?
minus-squareLemmyvisitor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoit wouldn’t be so bad if the change wasn’t objectively worse
minus-squareHerrBeter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI throughly enjoyed windows 8. Having a side screen with all programs in a fully customizable area was great
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years 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.