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Everything I need is still in in the old settings windows that haven't changed in 23 years (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't know why I even bother opening the settings app

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The difference is that Apple usually executes it well, and Microsoft doesn't.

You set a Windows PC to dark mode, half of the system is still bright white. Apple wouldn't dream of doing that shit.

You start searching in the start menu, it's slow, gives you different results each day, misses a bunch of stuff, and tries to send you to Bing. Apple wouldn't dream of doing that shit.

Microsoft comes up with a new UX, but it's only a thin veneer, most of the system doesn't even use it and instead uses Win7 or earlier menus. Apple wouldn't dream of doing that shit.

For all their flaws (and believe me I know they have many. I don't intend to ever own an Apple product), Apple actually gives a shit about having a polished and consistent UX.

They wouldn't have a dark mode that still leaves half the system white, they wouldn't have 20+ year old UI cruft, etc.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The issue is that Apple had that mentality from the start. Microsoft tried to Frankenstein it in after the OS had already matured under a different UX philosophy, not only that, they also didn't commit all the way to changing the philosophy since they still wanted legacy support. They basically ended up with the drawbacks of both philosophies and very little of the benefits of either.