Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?

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304 points mooreds | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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dusted ◴[18 Nov 24 06:48 UTC] No.42170325[source]▶

Raymond Chens blog and book (The Old New Thing) is an absolute delight! I always had a big respect for how intuitive the Windows 95 GUI is, and reading his description of the thoughts and methods behind its inception, it's no surprise that it became so good. It seems like Microsoft was extremely pragmatic and reasonable in many of their endeavors back then. It's a wonder how it degenerated into the absolute unit of sh*t that is modern Windows (even if the filesystem and kernel is arguably a lot better, everything on top seems to be developed by an army of interns)

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cpursley ◴[18 Nov 24 13:05 UTC] No.42171979[source]▶

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Interesting take, I feel like the current iteration of the Windows UI is actually really good. Microsoft seems to be continually tweaking and improving it.

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1. int_19h ◴[19 Nov 24 23:46 UTC] No.42189311[source]▶

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Tweaking, yes. Improving, not so much. If anything, things have been regressing lately - for example, we were able to make taskbar vertical ever since it became a thing in Win7, and it makes perfect sense to do so on any landscape-oriented display for most efficient use of display space. The new redesigned taskbar in Win11 killed that option outright.

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