This 'your files are where you left them' thing is firm evidence that nobody making UX decisions at Microsoft is rational.
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Not that it's the only example, but it's a profoundly irrational one that is pure bad design and bad UX.
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(For reference, you can't kill that screen, it just locks your machine out. ctrl-alt-del, windows+L, etc. nothing works.)
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@antumbral: I thought 20 years of making you configure environment variables in a tiiiiiiiiiiny box hand already ended that discussion?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate that was bad forever, which I can forgive. Unix has been bad forever. Replacing good things w/bad things not so much1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@antumbral: I can't get too worked up about it, change is necessary. Lack of change is death (see: IE6)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate For sure. I just get worked up when an arbitrary change actively hurts a bunch of users =[1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate Machine or app spontaneously restarting and losing data: Not cool. Almost sensible, if you forget that software is bad1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate I think android still does this when you install updates.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@antumbral: ...and it drives me mad with rage.
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@slightlylate it'd be fine if everyone actually implemented tombstoning correctly! which is true for w10, as well. design in a vacuum :(0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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