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Windows 11 is losing market share to Windows 10 (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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lmao

(also use Linux)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Windows 8.1 was all right if you could tolerate the giant tiles start screen bullshit -- adding multiple desktops was a good move, and brought it up to parity with like 1985-vintage AmigaOS or 2008ish GNOME/Wayland. It performed OK, too, since it threw out all the Aero transparency effects that would burn GPU cycles just sitting on the desktop. Unfortunately, 8 also marked the beginning of breaking up the Control Panel apps into touchscreen-friendly counterparts with missing functionality, and 8.1, 10, and 11 have definitely doubled down on that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

8 was an UX nightmare.

3 different IEs, 2 different control panels each with different functions. 2 different UI paradigms in the same os for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

For you, it was the day that your OS was a UI/UX nightmare. For MiKKKro$oft, it was Tuesday.