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by dusted 2305 days ago
I can't be the only one who prefers the way applications looked 30 years ago? When they dumped whatever they had to offer right there for you to explore and pick from. These days everything is hidden below a million layers, trying so hard "not to be in your way" that you need a deep love of pixel-hunt-point-and-click adventures to get anything done..

Let's take an example: Specifying DNS servers in Windows. 95: 1. Rightclick "Network" on desktop -> Properties 2. Doubleclick on the TCP/IP protocol for the NIC. 3. Type new DNS server. 4. Press OK.

10: 1 Press start 2 Search for control panel 3 Open Network and Internet settings 4 Select Change Adapter Settings. 5 Rightclick NIC and select Properties 6 Select TCP/IP and then Properties. 7 Type new Server 8 Press OK

Sure, some may think that Windows 10 looks better than Windows 3.11 or 95, but I don't and I can't believe everyone does.