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A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts

179 points · 118 comments · tybulewicz

layer8 · 1790190117 · focus · HN ↗
It’s about time that Raymond Chen starts ranting about the increasing amount of UI inconsistencies and loss of formerly ubiquitous features. (Or maybe I missed previous installments.)
1. Telaneo · 1790195845 · focus · HN ↗
  I suspect there are reasons he doesn't talk much about anything newer than about Windows 8.
  1. Kipters · 1790199449 · focus · HN ↗
    Apparently he also has a MASSIVE backlog of scheduled posts, so it's possible the queue hasn't caught up yet
    oenxkenckejdj · 1790209306 · focus · HN ↗
    Ah yes, Microsoft’s “we care…………to talk about problems we’ll never fix” poster boy. Dude might be a fantastic developer, but he’s being used as a sock puppet.
    RyJones · 1790246744 · focus · HN ↗
    Disclaimer: I left Microsoft in 2007. At that time he had several years of posts in an internal queue that you could comment on.
2. publlus_enigma · 1790210134 · focus · HN ↗
  The absurd UI inconsistencies ushered in with Windows 8 were a big part of my I moved back to macOS and Linux.
  If I want a dozen different UI toolkits and three different settings apps in my day, Linux has that covered, with a lot more freedom and reliability.
  The days when everything was WinForms were glorious.

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