• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    That was when they broke it.

    I was working at MSFT when they rolled out Windows 8.

    Basically broke all internal workflows for a month or two.

    Then quickly had to re-enable the 7 UI they told even us employees did not exist in 8.

    They did some kind of hackjob, called that 8.1, and fast forward a decade, Windows 11 had, last time I checked at least 4 different ‘eras’ of UI schemes/frameworks, if you dig far enough into all the settings menus.

    I am not even joking when I say that people literally screamed at me when I used the word ‘refactor’ in a sentence, while on the MSFT campus.

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      2 days ago

      Windows 7 was the last OS I was excited to get.

      Im so glad that there a tangible exodus of non techie people moving away from whatever the fuckery MS is doing nowadays.

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        15 hours ago

        I was honestly filled with excitement getting bazzite, so simple, so easy, promised as “it just works”. Lo an behold I’m still excited and happy to use it, though after learning more about Cachy I think I’ll give myself some more excitement and compare the two.