• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Does someone remembers the PowerToys collection?

    That name rings a bell. My username is from “Tweak Tools 95”, which I think was a part of that or something.

    Edit: Also Windows has a long history of alternating good and bad versions.

    • 98 - good
    • ME - bad
    • XP - good
    • Vista - bad
    • 7 - good
    • 8 - bad
    • 10 - good
    • 11 - bad

    In theory, the next version of Windows should be fairly good, or at least an improvement on 11. However I worry that MS will buck the trend now - particularly as they’ve pivoted away from software sales to software as a service (with additional data collection because fuck paying users).

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      1 year ago

      Unpopular opinion: Win 11 works well for me, and is visually better than Win 10. Although it’s a fairly recent PC. Although if they keep pushing more telemetry and ads, I’m moving over to Ubuntu.

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        1 year ago

        Its the small things on Windows 11 for me. Like the “more options” section on the right click… that must have been added just to annoy people. It’s where all the good options are.

        Otherwise, seems to run fine.

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          1 year ago

          That’s a big issue for me, though. I really value being able to do simple tasks quickly with minimal effort and the fewest clicks, it allows me to focus my attention on the actual thing I’m trying to do. Clicking through multiple submenus unnecessarily infuriates me.

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        1 year ago

        2000 was mostly NT and business stuff (which later became XP), and 8.1 by definition isn’t really a new version.