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by insumanth 31 days ago
I have used windows 7 since it launched and moved to 10 & 11. I like some design elements of windows 7, but I would absolutely not use it today.

If you think, "I should try this", Any reason why? I'm really curious to know

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> Any reason why?

The 2d design of modern interfaces is terrible. Everything looks like a "Label". Scrollbars are terrible. Light gray on dark gray. And, worst of all, they need 3d acceleration to draw a bloody 2d label.

  And, worst of all, they need 3d acceleration to draw a bloody 2d label
Disagree it's worst of all. Why should a specialized piece of hardware not render labels? Even tosters have some GPU cores these days.
why would i want a toaster rendering anything but hot bread?
They do. It is 3d borders that they are strugling with. And borders bigger than 1px are impossible. /s