Windows 10 Adaption
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Now that everyone seems to go crazy about the new Windows version I recognize that there is pretty much the same discussion going on with every new Windows version. Remember when people rather wanted to stick with Win 98[^] instead of going with XP? Time flies by, and UI are changing. Over time there was always more screen real estate becoming available, and users needed to adopt to new ways of using this SRE. MS is more and more pushing towards service based payment and we (as developers and users) have exactly three options: - Go ahead and adopt with the future - Stick with Win 7 and ignore new ideas (Including the hope of MS going back, which won't happen until there's desert in Alaska) - Go get a Mac / Chromebook / Linux installation Your decision.
"A property doesn't have to be a Property to be a property." - PIEBALDConsult
I go even further back. Going from DOS to Windows was for some taking real computing and turning it into a kid's game; I preferred the GUI to the command prompt but still like keyboard over mouse. Then we got to the great Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 fuster cluck. I admit it, I ran the program manager inside Win95 for a while as I preferred the UI. Actually I didn't, I just hadn't made the change to my mind set. I enjoy change, I even change my clothes daily, so why not embrace it? If you have difficulty with the new UI, then you'r probably getting old or spending too much time with :baaaa!:
veni bibi saltavi
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And why did Microsoft go to W10 instead of W9? My theory is they cannot count unless it is money. :-D
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
The best theory I heard was that there was too much code in the wild doing something like this:
if (WindowsVersion.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{
// Windows 95/98 code here...
}
else
{
// Windows NT / 2000 code here...
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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The best theory I heard was that there was too much code in the wild doing something like this:
if (WindowsVersion.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{
// Windows 95/98 code here...
}
else
{
// Windows NT / 2000 code here...
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
That could be true. However, when has MS ever thought about what the users do?:suss:
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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And why did Microsoft go to W10 instead of W9? My theory is they cannot count unless it is money. :-D
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
I guess they did not want to put everybody on cloud 9? :-D
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Now that everyone seems to go crazy about the new Windows version I recognize that there is pretty much the same discussion going on with every new Windows version. Remember when people rather wanted to stick with Win 98[^] instead of going with XP? Time flies by, and UI are changing. Over time there was always more screen real estate becoming available, and users needed to adopt to new ways of using this SRE. MS is more and more pushing towards service based payment and we (as developers and users) have exactly three options: - Go ahead and adopt with the future - Stick with Win 7 and ignore new ideas (Including the hope of MS going back, which won't happen until there's desert in Alaska) - Go get a Mac / Chromebook / Linux installation Your decision.
"A property doesn't have to be a Property to be a property." - PIEBALDConsult
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I guess they did not want to put everybody on cloud 9? :-D
That would be better than a love potion no. 9[^]
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Hmmm...Dessert in Alaska! But really, I have come to expect very little from Mickeysoft and they still managed to disappoint me often enough. SO i lower the bar one more time and be happy if their junk is not too annoying or buggy. Their grand new ideas don't interest me at all.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
CDP1802 wrote:
Dessert in Alaska!
Sounds like a half-baked idea. ;P
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
Who cares? Is your jet fueled and ready?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
Now that everyone seems to go crazy about the new Windows version I recognize that there is pretty much the same discussion going on with every new Windows version. Remember when people rather wanted to stick with Win 98[^] instead of going with XP? Time flies by, and UI are changing. Over time there was always more screen real estate becoming available, and users needed to adopt to new ways of using this SRE. MS is more and more pushing towards service based payment and we (as developers and users) have exactly three options: - Go ahead and adopt with the future - Stick with Win 7 and ignore new ideas (Including the hope of MS going back, which won't happen until there's desert in Alaska) - Go get a Mac / Chromebook / Linux installation Your decision.
"A property doesn't have to be a Property to be a property." - PIEBALDConsult
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Now that everyone seems to go crazy about the new Windows version I recognize that there is pretty much the same discussion going on with every new Windows version. Remember when people rather wanted to stick with Win 98[^] instead of going with XP? Time flies by, and UI are changing. Over time there was always more screen real estate becoming available, and users needed to adopt to new ways of using this SRE. MS is more and more pushing towards service based payment and we (as developers and users) have exactly three options: - Go ahead and adopt with the future - Stick with Win 7 and ignore new ideas (Including the hope of MS going back, which won't happen until there's desert in Alaska) - Go get a Mac / Chromebook / Linux installation Your decision.
"A property doesn't have to be a Property to be a property." - PIEBALDConsult
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And why did Microsoft go to W10 instead of W9? My theory is they cannot count unless it is money. :-D
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
It's not Windows Ten, it's Windows 9 in base 9. The idea is that you can correct mistakes and issue SPs upgrade ad infinitum by simply changing the base. Windows 10 actual will be Windows 10 base 10, Windows 11 will be Windows 10 base 11, Windows 12 will be Windows 10, Windows 13 will be Windows 10, .......
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That could be true. However, when has MS ever thought about what the users do?:suss:
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
Corporal Agarn wrote:
However, when has MS ever thought about what the users do?
Very often, actually, at least when they have examples. Go read The Old New Thing some time to see the horror stories of the Windows team dealing with the insanity of ensuring backward compatibility with every program out there.
