I’d actually say it was 8.1, but the problem with 8.1 is that it died before people could discover how good it is combined with classical start menu. It was basically a fleshed out, faster, more stable Windows 7 with updated tech like newer directx and cached boot (aka. Fastboot). Almost non-existing market share, but I liked it far better than 7, 10 and 11 (only gave it 1 week)
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chunes@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Blows my mind seeing people look on windows 10 as some kind of last bastion, apparently not realizing that was Windows 7 at best.
10 is the one where they fucked up the UX beyond repair, made everything slow and added insane amounts of spying. If you willingly switched to 10 then don’t pretend like 11 is a bridge too far now.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 21 hours ago
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I didn’t willingly switch to 10, though, that was my only choice
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It took me ages today to work out how to map a drive letter because they’ve changed where the menu button is. You used to be able to do it from the taskbar at the top, but now it’s hidden in a right click menu in a different part of the file browser to where it used to be. I don’t understand the point of changes like that, by all means add more options but keep the old ones around for consistency.
hamid@crazypeople.online 3 hours ago
net use still works
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Managing printers in 11 is the worst. The sad part is that the old-style devices and printers menu is still in the OS, you just have to dig for it a bit, and it works 1000x better.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
the old-style devices and printers menu is still in the OS, you just have to dig for it a bit, and it works 1000x better.
For the last 13 years this has been the most infuriating part of the incomplete control panel migration. I find myself struggling to use the new settings, and having to then resort to digging for the old ones that actually have the option I need.
Win 11 finally pushed me over the edge with ads and spying. But I still have to deal with Windows at work.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
10 is the one where they fucked up the UX beyond repair
Was it? I gave up on 8 because of the UI, downgraded back to 7 and that was my last Windows machine. Was 10 worse?
chunes@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
8 was such a disaster that people don’t really consider it a real version of windows. 10 was actually better than 8 but that’s not saying much
sudoku@programming.dev 1 day ago
People said they will never upgrade from 7 to 10, and now they are saying they will never upgrade from 10 to 11
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 3 hours ago
The difference is that Windows 11 is locked behind behind hardware requirements. A lot of people simply can’t upgrade.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
^ This, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming from 7 to 10, and now looking forward to another 3 years of Win10 security updates, while fervently praying that Adobe and my online games develop Linux support in that time >_>
kayohtie@pawb.social 21 hours ago
Will it make you even more frustrated to learn Steam has a Linux-native build of Substance Painter, but Adobe still won’t support it themselves?
kazerniel@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
It did :P
Evotech@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Just ditch those games.not worth it
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Ah yes the classic purist arguement.
If the applications I want to use don’t support Linux then apparently that’s their problem. I wish I didn’t have to live in the real world, but unfortunately I can’t pay my mortgage in moral righteousness. If I can’t use the programs I need to use my job, because I’ve decided to switch to an operating system that they don’t support, I’m the one that’s going to suffer.
So no you can’t just ditch applications that don’t have Linux support.
In the real world you have to dual boot and that’s a pain in the arse because it means Microsoft are still going to be getting some money from me.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe not worth it for you, but I’m enjoying them too much to ditch them 🤷
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
and now they are saying they will never upgrade from 10 to 11
The stats show people are bailing this time. English speakers are jumping ship at historically unprecedented rates. Steam stats
Daedskin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I was on Windows 7 until April of 2021, when I was taking a certification exam remotely, and didn’t find out that the software they used for it didn’t work on 7 until after I had paid the registration fee. Windows 10 was useable enough, but I never thought it was preferable over 7. Anyway, I’m on Bazzite now.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I still can’t grasp that Microsoft, a $3.6 trillion company, developed a new settings interface but failed to migrate all settings to it, forcing users to use both. Even I know that’s day one UX shite and I’m quite stupid.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
What’s hilarious is that this started with Win10 so its been an issue for over a decade now and two major revisions at least (possibly started on Win8).
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
It did start on win8
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
In their defense, we all try hard to forget that iteration.