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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by internet_points on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @03:50AM (#45962849)
> I long for the halcyon days of Windows 8.

That's a phrase I would never have thought I'd see. I remember Windows 8 as being generally despised when it first came out.

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by int_19h on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @03:56AM (#45962897)
There's no bottom. It can always get worse.
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by keyringlight on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:34AM (#45963438)
On the UI side of things the trouble with 8 was the push towards touch as the latest shiny object to chase, coming a few years into the boom of smartphones/tablets. The start menu was full screen with no option and many OS applications were either full screen only or by default until you clicked a new title bar button. The 8.1 release pulled back from a lot of that.
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