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[–] Mio@feddit.nu 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That is good news - I assume they are done with the replacement as they announce this, otherwise they are just stupid. The problem is - why did it take this long time for a trillion dollar company to archive it?

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Software is really hard. Replacing something that needs to continuously have new features added to it because it's not been replaced yet... You're running to stand still

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What is the benefit? The name? Call control panel "Settings" and be done with it.

You could phase it in. "Control Panel Settings", then "CP Settings", then just "Settings" and Bob's your mother's brother!

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

TL;DR - It's being ~~replaced~~ renamed to "Settings"

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[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

So... why are people upset about this? I'd say it's about damn time. Having two settings apps is pretty ridiculous and it's honestly crazy it's taken them this long to ditch the control panel. I still remember people making fun of Microsoft's inability to drop control panel in the Windows 10 era. Is there anything special about the control panel or uniquely terrible about the settings app that would warrant this kind of negative reaction? Is it because of the settings that aren't available in settings? If they're preparing to drop control panel that probably means they're going to add whatever settings are still stranded on it to the new settings app, unless there's evidence that they won't do that.

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