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[agumonkey]

Including preserving custom user config (colors, background images)

I feel strange about hating on MS after the 2000s

[esskay → agumonkey]

If you need something to hate on them (and they absolutely deserve it for way more than just this, it just stands out as an obvious one) - they put adverts in the start menu, and they were still present in Windows 10.

[robinsonb5 → agumonkey]

Oh MS the company deserved the hate - and still does - even if Windows the OS (or at least Win2k SP4, WinXP SP3 and Windows 7) became pretty solid and dependable.

[redwall_hp → agumonkey]

Let me fix that: Internet Explorer 6 existed and far overstayed its welcome well into the 2000s.

[pjmlp → redwall_hp]

And then people instead of learning this lesson, helped Google turn the Web into ChromeOS.

[agumonkey → pjmlp]

what tech told us is that problem lies between chair and (keyboard|parliament|wheel|...) it seems

[account42 → redwall_hp]

On the other hand, IE6 held web developers back from bloating their sites and turning them into "apps" when all the users want are a document with maybe a little interactivity here and there.