Windows needs a change in priorities

Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by rbanffy on Monday March 21, 2022 @09:00AM (#30753586)

The one thing I find the most terrible is the "10 different UI conventions" thing. Dig enough and I bet you'll find a control panel or some other thing the has Windows NT 3.1 look and feel.

It says a lot how low the abstraction levels must have been that it's impossible, even to Microsoft, to update the UI widgets of a long-dead Windows release without breaking something else.

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by 6yyyyyy on Monday March 21, 2022 @12:59PM (#30756577)

Open "ODBC Data Sources" from the start menu

Click "Add..."

Click "Finish" with "Microsoft Access Driver" selected (no, you're not finished)

Click "Select..."

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by justsomehnguy on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:21PM (#30756969)

If you are curious but don't have Windows: https://imgur.com/a/40vuBTK

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by superleo2020 on Monday March 21, 2022 @06:00PM (#30760281)

Disappointingly this wasn't in the ARM version (the access driver). Just SQL Server.

Wonder if it can be found anywhere else. I did try the old progman.exe (via x86 compatability), and while it worked, it uses the modern API for the file dialog.

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by UberFly on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:17PM (#30756888)

Ding ding ding. You win the prize. Every click is a step back in time.

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Re:Windows needs a change in priorities by Ruphin on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:26PM (#30757051)

Thanks for the trip down memory lane

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