Our commitment to Windows quality

7 months ago by resipsaloquitur to c/nottheonion

Hello Windows Insiders, I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day. Windows touches more people's lives than almost any technology on Earth. Every day, we hear from th

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44780104

TootSweet 28 points 7 months ago

I love how the first thing they brag about is that you can put the status bar on any edge of the screen -- a feature that Microsoft previously took away.

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guynamedzero 20 points 7 months ago

With KDE, I can put multiple status bars on every side of the screen

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popekingjoe 9 points 7 months ago

It can literally be "oops! All status bars!" if you really, really want.

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resipsaloquitur 14 points 7 months ago

Be thankful, peasant, or we will remove it again.

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Jaegeras 13 points 7 months ago

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tidderuuf 24 points 7 months ago

This was probably pre written by their Microslop Copilot before the latest snafu's happened. What a joke.

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Zeppo 12 points 7 months ago

anyway, this is basically a bug fix update log that this dork turned into a blog post so he can pretend that he has a useful position

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BigTrout75 12 points 7 months ago

Funny how every Windows release claims to be faster, yet some YouTube video proved they're getting slower.

Haven't people been complaining for years? I wonder why they all of a sudden notice.

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Malcolm 10 points 7 months ago

I think the best part of this is that there's no apology or even the slightest acknowledgment of what a shitshow Windows has become. Just "listening to feedback" and "improving the experience".

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Treczoks 8 points 7 months ago

"Commitment to Windows quality" is an interesting phrase. We all know what "windows quality" is, so they just state they are committed to make things worse.

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Zeppo 7 points 7 months ago

Nadella can't leave soon enough. Probably the worst CEO MS has ever had

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homes 6 points 7 months ago

Hilarious

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vane 5 points 7 months ago

Looks like they appointed new old guy to fix windows