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0 pointsSohcahtoa822y ago0 comments

> Especially with Windows 11, it's honestly a nice visual improvement over 10 imo.

You gotta be joking.

IMO, Windows 11 is trying desperately to look like MacOS, which is probably the greatest bug Microsoft has ever introduced into Windows besides EternalBlue and MS08-067.

Microsoft is completely ignoring a huge market segment that chooses Windows because it's not MacOS.

Windows 7 with the Classic theme was hands-down the best Windows UI. The modern shift to flatness and hiding information/options is terrible UX. It absolutely destroys discoverability when it's not clear what elements are interactable. But it looks "clean", I guess, so somehow people prefer it.

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tremon2y ago

The modern shift to flatness and hiding information/options is terrible UX. It absolutely destroys discoverability

Yes, but they're adding "helpful" hint dialogs that clutter the screen to compensate that loss of discoverability, so it's all good.

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