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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by Macha on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:07AM (#27559542)
This was historically the case, it's why despite the article calling out winver, folder properties, the run dialog as being from the win9x -> win2k period, they didn't look remotely as out of place in win7 as win10.

Of course there are limits. iirc Windows 7 RTM had an obviously 3.1 derived file picker make it into the add fonts dialog until it was replaced in SP1 if my memory has the timing right. Despite using win32 widgets which had the correct theming, that didn't look native at all

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Re:State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistenci... by flohofwoe on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:42AM (#27560797)
FWIW: I consider fixes like the improved environment variable editor in the "old" system control panel in Win10 much more important than the entire new settings panel mess. The same type of improvements would make a lot more sense for the rest of the builtin UIs instead of creating entirely new "construction sites" all the time, which will be left incomplete and outdated in a few years time as the current people are replaced with new people.
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