I can’t wait for Microsoft to kill itself.
Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon
Submitted 2 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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snek@lemmy.world 2 months ago
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Unfortunately the best we can hope for is to detach from its shambling corpse until it exhausts its forward momentum over a decade or two and gets partitioned out at auction to some VC scavenger.
TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I tried to get to the printer settings today on a users machine and it kept redirecting me to the settings menu… 😠
SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Welp time to go back to Linux…
r914@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hate to break it to you but Linux doesn’t have the Windows Control Panel either. :P
SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ll just open the play store and download the addon… that’s how this computer stuff works… right?
leopold@lemmy.kde.social 2 months ago
So… why are people upset about this? I’d say it’s about damn time. Having two settings apps is pretty ridiculous and it’s honestly crazy it’s taken them this long to ditch the control panel. Is there anything special about the control panel or uniquely terrible about the settings app that would warrant this kind of negative reaction? Is it because of the settings that aren’t available in settings? If they’re preparing to drop control panel that probably means they’re going to add whatever settings are still stranded on it to the new settings app, unless there’s evidence that they won’t do that.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
The problem is that the settings app has consistently been a dumbed down, feature-sparse version of what was in the control panel for the bits it has replaced. Tweaks that experienced users have relied on for decades are simply missing in the settings app, forcing them to go back to the control panel
If Microsoft actually re-implemented all the knobs and dials in control panel then I wouldn’t be so irritated, but we’ve been shown for the last several years that they only bother migrating the most commonly used settings.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I bet within a decade they pivot to barely any settings at all, claiming the released experience is the only experience you’ll ever need.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
they’re going to add whatever settings are still stranded on it to the new settings app,
Oh, sweet summer child.
darklukee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
means they’re going to add whatever settings are still stranded on it to the new settings app
Lol, nope
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
What is the benefit? The name? Call control panel “Settings” and be done with it.
You could phase it in. “Control Panel Settings”, then “CP Settings”, then just “Settings” and Bob’s your mother’s brother!
Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Eeeeeh maybe not “CP settings”…
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Shoulda thought that out a bit more…
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Waiting for the day the headline reads “Microsoft officially killing Windows.”
s_s@lemmy.one 2 months ago
It was October 20th 2014.
Subtracty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Can someone explain to me the difference from Control Panel to Settings? It seems like more of a name change and of course, the UI will be different, but won’t it effectively be a hub to control your personal settings just like control panel?
Skezlarr@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Currently the Settings app in windows doesn’t have the same level of features as the control panel does. It’s definitely got most features that normal users will need, but if you’re a power user or a system admin, you’ll quickly find yourself having to swap over to control panel to configure anything past the very basics for quite a few different parts of windows. This change will be fine if Microsoft achieve feature parity between settings and control panel, so that there’s no lost functionality when they get rid of control panel.
I think most people are a bit upset at the idea of the control panel disappearing because they don’t trust that Microsoft will end up reaching that feature parity, leaving people with less options to control their own devices effectively.
Scrollone@feddit.it 2 months ago
I don’t think feature parity is the only problem here. Power users need information density and quick reactivity, two things that the new settings – with their huge buttons and useless animations – dearly lack.
Mio@feddit.nu 2 months ago
That is good news - I assume they are done with the replacement as they announce this, otherwise they are just stupid. The problem is - why did it take this long time for a trillion dollar company to archive it?
vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
If they are they haven’t pushed it to general release yet. Unless someone can point out where in the settings app I can adjust my audio device speaker configuration.
silasmariner@programming.dev 2 months ago
Software is really hard. Replacing something that needs to continuously have new features added to it because it’s not been replaced yet… You’re running to stand still
LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I use to keep all my windows MGMT tools on a custom MMC screen. So organized.
s_s@lemmy.one 2 months ago
Windows 8 came out in 2012. I switched to Linux shortly after.
If you’ve been suffering through this as a home user you have nobody but yourself to blame.
You’re not so busy you can’t learn a new OS in 12 years!
Plebs.
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 months ago
I am curious where I’ll find the touch screen configuration utility when they do.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
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