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0. it will be boring & irrelevant

1. you all have to suffer two weeks fake manufactured hype about shit tons of extra padding & rounded corners before release

Although you’re getting downvoted, this was my takeaway as well. “Better for touch” and “rounded corners.”

I used Windows 10 at my last job and it was actually pretty good. But I was shocked how ugly it was (and that was coming from Ubuntu). It's been fascinating to watch Windows desktop get progressively uglier for 20+ years¹. It will be interesting to see if they correct course.

Given that so many people still spend so much of their days looking at a Windows Desktop, I wonder if there is some aggregate loss to humanity in imagination, sanguinity, or otherwise by not having a prettier, more thoughtfully constructed virtual space.

¹Win7 seems like a bit of an exception if memory serves.

Is Control Panel finally getting an UI update?

You mean being further replaced with the inferior settings app?

Windows 11 is coming – Here’s everything we know