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by int_19h 579 days ago
These kinds of studies are still very much there at MS, and not just for Windows.

The problem, in my experience, is that when some manager really wants to do something, they'll find a way to justify that with a study. Pretty much every UX decision that ended up being universally panned later had some study or another backing it as the best thing since sliced bread.