• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Last time I used Windows was 10, and I was able to find 4, 4 different fucking historical UI schemes/frameworks by digging deep enough into arcane settings menus.

    I was working at MSFT when 8 released.

    Broke every server tool, SQL Manangement Studio, fucking everything, for weeks.

    We asked them if there was a way to go back to the 7 UI.

    Nope! It’s been removed!

    … And a few days later, word of mouth and email chains start spreading an arcane series of override procedures to get back to the Win 7 GUI/Desktop, that is almost entirely still there… and after almost a month, our team finally gets the whole process forwarded to us or our team lead unofficially obtained it or something who fucking knows.

    So much for ‘its been removed’.

    After a month of so of that, MSFT realizes that a tablet only interface for desktop PCs is fucking stupid, they make the 7 UI/Desktop into an easier toggle, and kablamo, thats Windows 8.1!

    We totally planned this the whole time everyone!

    I hate MSFT more than most, because I used to work for them, they’re fucking awful.