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Yet another Rant about User Interfaces (Windows 11 Edition)
I recently noticed changes to Task Manager in Windows 11. Perhaps the systems I have Win11 on updated and this was the newest update. I don’t know. I don’t [...]
More thoughts on the fall of UX Design
Recently, I found a old Thinkpad T40 for around 10 bucks at the Thrift Store. I’m always a sucker for Thinkpad’s so I picked it up. I’ve already got a [...]
Microsoft’s return to it’s 1998 Anti-trust roots
Recently, I saw a tweet that gravely concerned me. It described a new feature being added to Task Manager. Edge Tabs are handled by separate Edge [...]
Operating System for “Programming”
Over the last few years – more than a decade, really – it seems that, somehow, *nix- and Linux in particular, has been tagged as being some [...]
The failures of Windows 10 “Dark Mode”
“Dark Mode” settings have started to be a big ticket concern for the last few years. Applications and Apps have started to add “Dark Mode” Visuals as an [...]
Taking Control of Windows 10 with Image File Execution Options
There are a lot of components of Windows 10 that we, as users, are not “allowed” to modify. It isn’t even enough when we find a way to do so, such as by [...]
No Software is Hamster-proof
Alternate Title: Software Licenses and implicit trust It is interesting to note that in many circles proprietary software is inherently considered [...]
Music Applications, CD Burning, and the BSOD
Winamp is a rather old program, and to some people it represents a bygone era- the late 90’s and early 2000’s in particular. However I’ve not found any [...]
The deprecation of Microsoft Paint
A while ago, it came out that Microsoft Paint would be deprecated going forward on Windows 10, replaced, instead, with Paint 3D. There have been loads of [...]
Windows 10 “Game Mode”
For a while now Windows 10 has had a “Game Mode” feature. I’m rather mixed on the feature myself, but generally find it strange. [...]