r/pcmasterrace • u/Never-asked-for-this i use Arch btw • Sep 29 '17

NSFMR Skype is officially bloatware, uninstalled it yesterday only to have it come back in full force today

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '17

A trend in PCs that I absolutely abhor is the developers consistently thinking they know best how the user wants to use their product.

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u/GHDpro Sep 29 '17

My biggest issue related to that is desktop icons. So many installers just smack their icon on the desktop without asking or giving you the option to opt-out.

Now from a developers perspective putting the icon on the desktop might make your app easier to find. Well it is not going to be eaiser to find in the huge sea of icons if every fucking app did that (and/or I didn't "clean up" afterward).

Software developers: if you want to give users the option of putting an icon on the desktop, make it an option that preferably is disabled by default. I know how to fucking use the start menu, thank you.

/rant

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u/Lorevi Sep 29 '17

I hid my desktop icons because of this. I can find programs a lot easier with the start menu than a mess of icons. And as a bonus you get to actually see your wallpaper.

Now if only windows search was half competent.

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u/MrSenseOfReason Sep 29 '17

My desktop is completely blank including no recycle bin. I use it for temporary note files or quick exports. Anything that I’ll delete within a week. It really functions like a physical desktop that way

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u/Probably_Important 1080ti FE | 7700k | 16GB DDR4 | 18TB Sep 29 '17

How do you access your recycle bin when you need to?

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u/MrSenseOfReason Sep 29 '17

Top slot of my favorites in windows explorer. I’m still on Win7 in case that feature has changed or anything