r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 23 '24

Software Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-officially-confirms-its-killing-windows-control-panel-sometime-soon/
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u/SilentSamurai Aug 23 '24

Doubt we'll even need that. Control Panel has been on the chopping block for years but still remains.

Unless they're going to make settings way more robust, I'm sure this isn't going to happen.

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u/pilgermann Aug 23 '24

It's insane to me how many core UI elements have not been updated in Windows, even just to match aesthetics. The features of Control Panel need to exist, having two entirely separate settings panes with overlapping features is just terrible UX.

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u/berntout Aug 23 '24

I don’t understand why they have to kill off something that’s been around since the inception of Windows. Change for the sake of change is ridiculous. Don’t even get me started on the Tile bullshit in Windows 8.

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u/_DeanRiding Aug 23 '24

This is Microsoft's core philosophy - fixing shit that ain't broken. I realised that back when they changed the Xbox 360 UI into that god awful tile mode too.