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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 02:15:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 18:38:29 -0400, Paul wrote:

> Windows 8.0 had the "full screen mode" for Apps, where the App lacked an
> "X" for dismiss, in the upper right corner. You could use Alt-F4, to
> escape from that. There is a video of a test subject, who kinda freezes
> up and does the "deer in the headlights" face, in response to there
> being no "X"
> in the corner :-) That got fixed in Windows 8.1 .

Windows 8 was an attempt to come up with a common UI for both regular 
“desktop” and “mobile” Windows (phones, tablets).

This turned out to be a really bad idea. And not just because the “mobile” 
UI had its own problems.