I hate how the settings app is taking over control panel entries to make them worse and show me the original control panel window after going down 3 levels because the stupid fucks can’t design UI for shit
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SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 day ago
Windows 11 is not based on a single unified UI framework. Instead, it uses a mix of legacy Win32 components, UWP elements, modern WinUI layers, and web-based technologies like WebView2 and React.
I am reading this as MMC snap-ins and control panel. There is no other alternative to manage these settings outside of PowerShell.
Also, what idiot decided that only one settings window is allowed open at one time? Sometimes I would like to be in Windows update, power settings, Ethernet settings, and printer settings all at once.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Haquer@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Fighting with their shitty “new” UI trying to find the old Sound UI to fix an issue that their new UI doesn’t even have a toggle for really chapped my ass.
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
This bullshit right here is what finally pushed me over the edge and into the warm embrace of a penguin.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Want to see the advanced settings for a network adapter?
Good luck finding it, fucko
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ncpa.cpl > right click > properties and go from there is my main method.
Otherwise, Win+X > G (devmgmt.msc) and look at the network adapter in device manager
Other than the win+x chord, that works on just about every version I have to touch
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Oh I solved the issue by switching to Linux years ago lol. I just recently had this frustration happen at work
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like windows 2000 to XP or Vista to 7… 10 to 11
The eternal enshitification…
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Vista to 7
enshitification
Lol, lmao even
7 was better than vista in just about every way.
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s the thing… 7 is Vista. Just with a new UI.
Windows 2000 is XP. XP just has a new interface. 7 and XP are for consumers. 2000 and Vista are more like server editions (even the pro versions.)
Vista has Aero but also the classic server(windows NT/2000) UI. Even modern server versions have essentially the same classic control panels. And server versions don’t have all the extra bullshit(7 wasn’t so bad yet, but 10 and 11 are). That’s why I prefer to run Windows server as my desktop.
What made Vista/7 great were the under the hood(kernel) improvements, particularly to the threading model. They made safe handling non-negotiable. This retroactively fixed countless programs and improved overall system stability significantly.
There’s really no other major differences between Vista and 7 besides aesthetics(the shell.)
nuko147@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Win98 good Windows 2000 bad WindowsXP good Vista bad Win7 good (maybe peak) Win8 bad Win10 OK? Win11 bad
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Windows 7 was IMO decent. Didn’t deviate too much from the old one, and you could still reconfigure it to have same UI style as Windows XP.
Now if you want similar UI get yourself Linux with KDE desktop
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’ve always kind of liked xfce.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 day ago
IKR? I spent multiple hours looking for GPU switching whitelist because some moron in MS put it under “Display” instead of GPU settings or Power Management
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also, what idiot decided that only one settings window is allowed open at one time?
Microsoft engineers were worried that people missed the joys of MS-DOS and having only one application running at once. Next up, will be the return of base memory versus expanded memory versus extended memory. This ends when they devolve Windows to prove Bill Gates right that 640kB should be enough memory for anyone.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve got my autoexec.bat and config.sys ready to go.
Rooster326@programming.dev 1 day ago
They decided it because there are so many duplicate Settings pages controlling the same thing
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Easily propagated with windows messaging apis.
Rooster326@programming.dev 1 day ago
That requires work for every single page.
They clearly would rather not
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 day ago
Insert XKCD one more standard.
I’m all for revamping controls, but don’t make crappier less effective ones.
balian@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 1 day ago
what idiot decided that only one settings window is allowed open at one time?
Microsoft’s army of macbook-using UI “designers” who have to justify their salary so they make up shit nobody wants
sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In an OS literally named "Windows " lol
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Macrohard Window
Sparta@piefed.ca 1 day ago
MacroHard Doors. When one door closes, you’re locked in. Why? Cause fuck you, that’s why.