GitHub for Windows

[Nick Sabalausky]

"David Nadlinger" <see at klickverbot.at> wrote in message 
news:fvvzmqelefzdwdsooazb at forum.dlang.org...
> On Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 21:10:44 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> at least the taskbar is a user preference (and I'm pretty sure you can 
>>> revert that),
>>
>> It isn't, and you can't.
>>
>> I've checked all over, internet search, etc. If you're on Win7, you have 
>> the
>> Win7 dock, period.
>
> What exactly is wrong with the Windows 7 »dock« set to minimal height, 
> Aero off, and the grouping options adjusted to your liking?
>

Off the top of my head:

- Quicklaunch icons are all jumbled together with the running programs. Why 
MS felt that forcing *less* organization on *everyone* by cloning Apple's 
retarded dock (which itself was just a cheap imitation of the Win taskbar) 
was a good idea is beyond me.

- Titlebar text is not shown on the buttons for the running programs. (This 
*might* be changable though - I can't remember).

- Trying to have a taskbar with more than one row works like shit. The 
different rows are all completely misaligned (it's all a big total mess), 
and the system tray is no longer even *capable* of handling more than one 
row. I *always* use two rows, but on Win7 it's basically broken. And no, 
"You should be using 16:9" is *not* a valid excuse.

- Useless, giant, distracting, popup thumbnails (which you can't even 
distringuish between at a glance anyway) *every* fucking time I move the 
mouse near (let alone try to use) the taskbar.

Also, sort of related to the win dock, but not technically part of it - I 
was very impressed with the in-set "All Programs" list...until I actually 
tried it. I *just don't like it*. It slows me down every time. It feels like 
reading a book through a keyhole. And MS won't even *let* me have my old way 
back.

It's all just, "You're *going* to like our objectively superior design, or 
you can just fuck off." Ie, they've adopted Apple's (and Mozilla's) #1 core 
value. No, fuck *you*, Win7/Vista.