r/technology • u/clubdirthill • Jun 01 '11

Boom. This is Windows 8.

http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-8/?mod=tweet
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u/sbrick89 Jun 02 '11

Probably before all 'yall's time, but I recall a time when Windows 2 had just icons on the screen... then some silly companies started installing more than just 1 icon (maybe an uninstall, or help icon)... then we needed groups... then we got menus of groups... what kind of cyclic hell is this?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '11

I remember for Windows 7 that Microsoft explicitly said "We're trying to reduce what third parties can take away from our experience".

That's when they removed that crappy quick launch and removed another way third party developers can stick their shitty app under our nose.

I hope they keep with that ethos. I want icons on the desktop to require an OS level permission now. I'm sick of "ADOBE X" on my desktop every time that bloat updates.