Why is it that people can always accept things that existed prior to their lives and even be ok with new things up until they are about 15-18... yet after that they just can't stand things changing?

Should we argue over the last decades work in chemistry, finding 6 new elements...

Should we flip out that in math class calculators are a requirement because the subject matter is well beyond what we can do on paper with a pencil in a reasonable amount of time?

How about cars? Can't stand those seat warmers, coolers, recliners, auto-positioners, lumbar supporters.

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Fuck innovation. Fuck the idea that things can change!

I'm sorry, but this sentiment is pathetic. Things, especially technology, will never stop changing. Embrace the fact that change will occur, or be left behind. You will be the crotchety old fool that younger generations avoid talking to just to skip hearing you bitch about the way things were better in the past.

This doesn't mean you should embrace every change, however you might want to involve yourselves in the process of that change.

EFI - Supported since 2000 - 11 years old
Windows XP Luna Theme - Supported since 2001 - 10 years old
Aero integration into Windows - Supported since 2005 - 6 years old

If you don't like these changes, tough shit. You did nothing to fix them when they occurred. Hardware acceleration will only increase. Expect the browser to be the most heavily hit segment in the next few years. Interfaces will continue to change. Touch screens are a huge part of the future and so is the web.

Explorer looking like that is a joke in today's modern computing age.

Windows 7 vs photos above:

1. No favorite folders on the left side. I'm sorry, but I use like 4 folders on a regular basis. I want fast access to those.
2. No library access. I don't keep everything inside the same folder because dumb ass programmers can't seem to keep their shit together and use the My Documents/My Pictures/My Music/etc folders correctly. So the libraries allow me to easily see my music pictures or videos together without needing to browse multiple folders.
3. I like a status bar at the bottom of the page that gives me details about what I am looking at. I want to see collective stats and information on files without right clicking.
4. The Address bar is not negotiable. I type my paths sometimes, and I like being able to click on a parent folder to navigate to it.
5. 90% of what I do in explorer is looking for something. No integrated search would mean that I would need to use a 3rd party product such as Google Desktop or Everything.
6. Network browsing barely worked in any OS up until Vista. I call bullshit on that icon even existing on the left side of the screen prior to 2005.
7. Photos are much easier to view in thumnails... don't see that in older Explorer
8. The preview panel is great when you are searching for something and want to quickly navigate through some text documents without opening them all up
9. File system tree view missing as a default was ridiculous, however it was possible to open in Win98. you had to open Explorer.exe not My Computer. It is by default enabled on Windows 7 starting with "Computer".
10. Colors and px matter. I prefer the larger icons 256x256px capable icons means that they are cleaner, clearer and more usable when resolutions are adjusted and different screens are applied. Old school 32px icons are fine for standard view, but they aren't useful in a dynamic environment.

Most people like old explorer because they are familiar with it and haven't learned the new one. Take some time to learn how to use the new one and you will find that it is infinitely better than it used to be, and for those comparing operating systems, it is about a billion times better than Finder. Seriously Apple, get your head out of your ass... pressing Enter on a file doesn't mean I want to rename it.

Syd Lexia wrote:

I need to fix this list up still. And I have to write. And I have to buy a new computer so I can do these things faster. And I have to motivate Haddox and Alexis Acid to update. I have to do a lot of things.

So many things to do... it is easy to shut down and avoid doing all of them. But that is why you have friends and a community to pester you and nudge you towards doing things.

For example.

Here is what I see when I look at the front page of the website:



Now, here is what my wife, sister, mother, grandparents, father, cousins, co-workers, mother-in-law, cats, dogs, lobsters, and other innocent bystanders see when they look at the front page of the website:



Nudge... nudge.

Blackout wrote:

What if it was a screengrab of Hitlerbot from Wolfenstien?

Wasn't that the original one? That was better.