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It is, strictly going by looks, one of Microsoft's ugliest UIs. I will never understand how people tolerate it, let alone defend it publicly. Shameful, absolutely and thoroughly shameful!

b-karl•19m ago

I started using keyboard navigation more and more around Win 7 and that has actually improved quite consistently since then and I remember Win 8 Win-key search was quite good, if you could look past the start menu…

Also reminds me of the layers of UI versions still present in Windows https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27556754

derleyici•15m ago

8 for Windows 11? An OS that includes ads in the Start menu, made with React. I'm not even mentioning right-click, which has basically two views: you open it and see some uselessly chosen tools, and you still need to open the old version (with the old design, breaking design consistency) to access actually useful things. Viva Windows XP!

zootboy•9m ago

But this article is only grading the styling of the OS GUI elements, not the functionality (or lack thereof) of the OS itself.

cuber_messenger•7m ago

IMHO the right-click menu these days seems to get better, at least I can find "Open with Code" or "Open in Terminal", etc. Except that I need the old menu to create a desktop shortcut occasionally.

sneakinsnake•13m ago

Cooked take.

nehalem•12m ago

To me personally, it feels like Windows 2000 was the last and maybe only consistent UI onto which all later versions bolted what they considered improvements without ever overhauling the UI in full.

bloppe•7m ago

Windows 8 was a pretty big overhaul. But I agree with the author it was a most unwelcome overhaul.

moooo99•4m ago

Windows 11 < Windows 10?

Just based on the start menu alone I can‘t think of any reason for 11 to lead the ranking