Windows 11 is a confusing mishmash of old and new – and that means Microsoft needs to make some difficult decisions
Blame Windows 8
Source: techradar.com
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The Format dialog is another temporary solution in Windows that stuck around for 30 years
Dave Plummer, a Microsoft veteran, shared a story about porting the Format dialog from Windows 95 to Windows NT. What was intended as a temporary solution ended up lasting almost three decades.
Source: neowin.net
Microsoft forgot to update this Windows feature for 30 years
The Format drive dialog box was only supposed to be temporary in Windows NT. A software developer has recounted how it came to be nearly 30 years ago.
Source: theverge.com
"Temporary" disk formatting UI from 1994 still lives on in Windows 11
"It wasn't elegant, but it would do until the elegant UI arrived." It never did.
Source: arstechnica.com
A bit of Windows UI from 1994 still lives in Windows 11
The disk format dialog box has remained almost unchanged for 30 years.
Source: tomsguide.com
Microsoft Dev's 30-Year-Old Temporary Code Still Lingers in Windows 11
Dave Plummer, a former Microsoft developer, has shared the story behind the Format drive dialog box in Windows, which has remained unchanged for nearly three decades. According to Plummer, the dialog box was created as a temporary solution during the porting of code from Windows 95 to Windows NT, du...
Source: slashdot.org
Windows UI for disk formatting was a temporary solution that stuck for 30 years
Windows is well known for its almost eerie ability to host a multitude of conflicting GUI paradigms within the same graphical shell. This trend has persisted for...
Source: techspot.com
Microsoft Weekly: Android apps on Windows die and new Surface are about to be born
The death of Android app support on Windows, an event for new Surface devices, Copilot features, and Windows 11 updates, a recap of the Xbox Partner event, and other stories in this Microsoft Weekly.
Source: neowin.net
Valentine's Day celebrations at Isle of Wight care home | Isle of Wight County Press
An Isle of Wight care home was transformed into a haven of affection and nostalgia this Valentines Day.
Debbie Webb Dave Plummer Wight County Old Charlton House Wight County Press Saxophonist Dave Plummer
Source: countypress.co.uk
Microsoft had a "Cart of Death' to intentionally crash and debug early Windows USB infrastructure
In a recent Dave's Garage chat with Dave Plummer, 30-year Windows veteran Raymond Chen reminisced about the early days of USB and the testing (and pranks) that...
Source: techspot.com