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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 2400 days ago
Quite a few really good things came after XP. The new display[0] and sound[1] driver models, the new network[2] stack.

[0] Compositing, no longer need to reboot to install new video drivers [1] Centralized per-application volume control [2] VLAN tagging and bridging without third party products

Sadly, the thing with the new settings panels and mobile-ified look & feel is true. But that was all post-7.

> It would be interesting if there were any developers working on anything but cloud at MS the past 10 years.

There are, unfortunately, and they're terrible and keep pushing broken Windows updates and new features nobody asked for.