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Norm Powroz23-May-24 11:44
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One of the things that really ticks me off about Microsoft's UX changes is the way the newer crop of development idiots completely ignore the way things should be done.

Case in point -- there used to be a Microsoft document called "The Windows Design Guide". It laid out all the dos and don'ts for creating Windows applications, especially in terms of the user interface. One of its strongest rules stated something like "When your application first opens, do not expand its main window to take over the entire screen. Do not cover up all the other applications that may be running."

Now, take a look at what happens when you start even small applications, like Settings, or larger stuff like Outlook or Word -- Boom! whole screen covered for no good reason. This new crop of idiots simply assumes that no one can handle more than one window at a time, so why waste screen space? And, I'll bet they have no explanation for why they've blithely ignored decades of good advice.
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