Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the greatest PC software available

Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote at 12:52 this Tuesday (GMT):

On Tue, 14 May 2024 01:50:13 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote at 00:25 this Sunday (GMT):

On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:16:18 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
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Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
 

On Fri, 10 May 2024 17:33:22 +0000, RonB wrote:
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On 2024-05-09, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Thu, 09 May 2024 06:47:55 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Wed, 8 May 2024 08:27:04 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
 

I think the most common complaint of people using Linux CLI or
GUI tools is that they look dated.

 
Are they taking Microsoft, of all people, as arbiters of good
taste?

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There are definitely more people out there who are fans of the
Microsoft aesthetics than there are people who appreciate the dated
interfaces of open-source software. All of them will admit that the
"ugly" software still does the job, but it appears that the way a
program looks is as important as whether it completes the task.

 
I don't admit it. And I don't like the Windows "aesthetic." I do
find it a bit amusing that Windows' users simultaneously claim that
1) Linux copies the Windows desktop and 2) It has a dated interface.

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Both are true, 1) Linux indeed copies features and aesthetics of both
Windows and Mac OS but 2) does a very poor job of getting it right,
in my cases. The lack of consistency is very noticeable, and you'll
have something like the default desktop of Ubuntu which looks
incredible...
until you open up a program which doesn't fit with the overall look
at all.

 
Like Microsoft's own system apps that revert to some old-style GUI
rather than the flat-ass Win 10+ interface?
 
Or applications that provide their own window decoration no matter
what OS they're on?

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To be fair, no one uses Windows' system apps. WordPad's lack of use, in
particular, is a shame. It really was more than most people needed.

 
Notepad usually filled that need.. and it was the default. Though a
random fun fact, WordPad is stored in Win32, making it technically a
system-required app.

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Yet it is no longer going to be loaded onto computer using new Windows 11
versions. I presure people will still be able to install it through the
Optional System Components or whatever it is called, but it won't be there
by default. You'll need to use the online office.com suite instead. It is
better, but your documents are stored on Microsoft's servers, and you need
to be online to use it... as far as I know.

I'm sorry /what/.
They're /removing notepad/?!
That is the STUPIDEST THING THEY COULD DO!
Absolutely ridiculous... how are you supposed to edit text files without
wifi then??
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