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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by Razengan on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:04AM (#27559530)
> Apple, et al. is more willing to break things than Windows is. They aren't as bound to legacy compatibility, so old UI elements can be shed easily.

macOS has actually been pretty good at seamlessly adding new features to old apps, with just a recompile against the latest SDK, like all the NSDocument-derived stuff (auto-save, auto-recover, iCloud etc.), Dark Mode, accessibility etc.

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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by dkarras on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:42AM (#27559676)
Not to mention they pulled two complete arch changes.
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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by Razengan on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:44AM (#27559685)
Ah yes, and maintained almost seamless compatibility with the previous archs for a while.
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