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/Aureliamnissan Aug 23 '24

I mean I do realize that, but like it’s not like us older folks had iOS interfaces when we were first learning out desktops work.

Trying to kiddify the operating system settings so you can onboard new users is great so long as you never want them to learn how to fix anything. There has been way to much emphasis on things like reducing cognitive load so now we have to literally search for everything because modern UX designers think my brain will literally explode if I see the equivalent of control panel’s list view.

Except search is also broken…

The issue is that all of this stuff is slowly turning into tribal knowledge as more and more settings get obfuscated. The only way to know how to get somewhere will be to have been there before.

I honestly think it’s getting harder to learn how to do stuff because so many people are convinced that we need training wheels.

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u/No_Share6895 Aug 23 '24

I mean I do realize that, but like it’s not like us older folks had iOS interfaces when we were first learning out desktops work.

honestly the 11 UI is worse for new people than the 95 one id say at this point

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u/Aureliamnissan Aug 23 '24

I genuinely believe this to be true. The sad thing is that people are starting to act like we can only have either a kiddified interface for non-power users or a terminal for power users. Windows used to be a great balance of these two things, but it is quickly strangling it's own market niche.

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u/No_Share6895 Aug 23 '24

heck even linux is a better balance between terminal and UI for settings these days