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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by simion314 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @04:58AM (#27558984)
>Stating that the UI consistency issues are due to backwards compatibility is stretching the truth to the point of outright deception.

I am not familiar with Windows APIs but I can see this be the truth if MS made it possible for developers to plug inside this dialogs, like a printer driver would plug soem GUI changes in the panels , changing this would break a lot of devices.

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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by jiggawatts on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:38AM (#27559659)
Sure, and hence the logical thing to do is to create the new GUI side-by-side with the old one. That doesn't explain the non-extensible GUIs being left behind, or why the new uplifts are so piecemeal, or why they randomly leave out critical features.
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