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- URL: https://x.com/SheriefFYI/status/1711469313306284038
- Author: Sherief, FYI (@SheriefFYI)
- Posted: 2023-10-09 19:50:56
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1/ @SheriefFYI
The Windows shell, which you’d think is a core part of the OS, runs like a hackjob by amateurs with very little understanding of latency, concurrency, and reliability.
2/ @simplex_fx
@SheriefFYI
When was the last time windows shell was your main production or perf bottleneck in actual work?
3/ @SheriefFYI
@simplex_fx
Every day, I run multiple desktops and the shell commonly fails to respond / crashes when I use the four-finger swipe on my trackpad to switch desktops.
4/ @simplex_fx
@SheriefFYI
Is this powershell or good old cmd?
5/ @SheriefFYI
@simplex_fx
I’m talking about the GUI shell, explorer.exe. Sometimes it hangs when I open My Computer, so I can’t browse to files. https://x.com/SheriefFYI/status/1600202188013600768?s=20
6/ @simplex_fx
@SheriefFYI
Have you reported the issue?
7/ @SheriefFYI
@simplex_fx
Multiple times.
8/ @simplex_fx
@SheriefFYI
What MS said?
9/ @SheriefFYI
@simplex_fx
[radio silence]
10/ @simplex_fx
@SheriefFYI
Btw, is this win11?
11/ @SheriefFYI
@simplex_fx
12/ @simplex_fx
@SheriefFYI
Well, I assume they are not super keen to fix an edge case bug in an 8 year old OS :) shocking 😅
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro
13/ @rfleury
@simplex_fx @SheriefFYI
Why is it always excuse after excuse?
14/ @simplex_fx
@rfleury @SheriefFYI
It’s not excuses, it’s simply you guys not understanding how sw dev actually generates profit.
Which is ok for a junior dev, but above that, it’s sad.
Hint: not via perfect sw.
I don’t see people returning win11 in masses.
15/ @rfleury
@simplex_fx @SheriefFYI
Likening Windows 11 to a traditional product sold in a market, as if someone “takes it back and returns it”, is unfathomably ridiculous.
I never claimed “perfect software” was how companies generate profit—at least not in the artificial modern economy.
16/ @rfleury
@simplex_fx @SheriefFYI
Your idea of “business” has developed within a massive multi-decade historic economic anomaly. I simply care about the software. Not every customer does to the same degree; that’s fine. But I am tired of “engineers” who make excuses for terrible work.
17/ @rfleury
@simplex_fx @SheriefFYI
In reality, bugs like this pile up and degrade the experience of a computer, making it ripe with opportunity.