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Those window panes on the right side can all be removed.
You can just unpin the tiles if you don't like them. I encourage trying them though, as they are pretty convenient.
It's the not so commonly needed things that are now a lot harder to find and do that are the problem. Common things will never be a problem since you use them regularly and will remember where they are.
Aero had it's time. Aero debuted in Vista in 2006, and was retired in Windows 8 in 2012. Six years. It's been seven years since then. Aero stopped being a theme on Windows longer than it was a theme.
The current 'frosted glass' transparency is there, even if it not as showy and "look at me" as Aero was. It lends itself to the idea that one should not be gawking at window borders but instead focused on the content of the window.
Windows 10 still supports Slideshow wallpapers, if that is what you mean.
It's also under Windows System, and can be shortcutted or whatever. Even made into a Start tile!
OK. What'a a not-common thing one would do on pre-Win 10? List the steps in Pre-Win10 to reach that particular thing. List a bunch if you like.
Oh a lot of settings such as networking, control panel (all messed up and having to hunt settings) etc. Anyone who has recently made the jump knows this. Microsoft has made accessing certain settings more obscure with each revision of windows.
I couldn't agree more with this. Microsoft has been improving the settings app for years now, but it's still a jumbled mess of legacy and "modern" settings with no real cohesion. As an example, I wanted to set the timer that controls requiring a password once the screen goes to sleep. This setting is part of the screen saver settings. After poking around in settings looking for the obvious link or something, spoiler: it either doesn't exist or is in a location that doesn't make sense, I finally just searched for it. I was then able to open the legacy settings panel for screen savers and set the password requirement. That is a perfect example of how badly MS has screwed this up by doing things a little bit at a time, instead of a complete overhaul like they should've. The fact that the legacy control panel, and the new settings app both exist on Windows 10 is beyond stupid and exceptionally poor design. Personally, I'd be fine with keeping the traditional control panel, but if MS decides to go all in on the new settings app, then they should've had it completed first before shipping it. They made this same mistake back in Windows 8, and it persists in Windows 10 now. The UI/UE as a whole lacks cohesion, and just feels like an unfinished product.
Not true. Yes, control panel exists, but to claim it does everything it used to is either a blatant lie, or spoken by someone who never actually looked at it and just did a search for it. For example, please show me a screenshot of the legacy display settings control panel item. Oh, that's right. It doesn't exist. So no, this argument that you can just use the control panel if you don't like the settings app is completely false. The display settings is just one example. Control panel is neutered, and now we are forced to jump back and forth between "modern" and legacy settings dialogs because MS can't design a UI properly. Windows 10 is nothing but half measures.
Thank you Senator. Your comment has been duly noted.
You got used to it in Windows 7. Did it move in Win10? Yes. It moved to the Lock Screen page.
Ok, I'll concede that my post was unnecessarily harsh. Sorry about that. I'm just frustrated with the way MS has handled things with Windows 10, be it UI/UX design decisions to not doing proper internal QA testing for Windows updates. Windows 10, especially when it first released, felt to me like a knee-jerk reaction to the negative reception of Windows 8/8.1. I wont deny that 8/8.1/10 all have significant improvements over 7 and before, especially under the hood, but they've also introduced some very serious regressions. The biggest really being with the way updates are handled. That is easily my biggest sticking point with 10. The number of major issues that have been introduced through improperly QA'ed updates is ridiculous.
I look at the screen.
This got a chuckle out of me. lol
Exactly, you need to search for it. Before it was directly accessible through GUI. The new 'settinga' obscures many controls that used to be directly available.
MS failed on mobile on all fronts. They should give up and concentrate on the desktop.
Screen is in the same location.
I'm enjoying this intense fixation on Control Panel. I wasn't aware people spent so many hours in it every day.
It wasn't a joke. I honestly can't stand the flat Metro (or whatever) mobile phone wannabe design.
I really don't see what you see. I have very little "flat Metro" because most of my screen are the apps I'm working with, not their title bars. The few Win10-style apps I use look much better on HiDPI displays than older desktop apps, and scale properly. Even the rinky-dink Win10 Mail app is way, WAY more usable on a 4K display than Outlook (2016 at least) is.
This. Exactly. MS is still trying to "keep the tip in" with the ugly metro tiles on the frankenstart menu. Or they were. The CEO no longer cares about windows desktop, so the remnants of their failed mobile push will just continue to linger in Windows 10.
