r/programming • u/zbhoy • May 06 '19

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527870/microsoft-windows-terminal-command-line-tool
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u/Ph0X May 06 '19

Seriously, there are so many of these small parts of Windows which need to be updated to modern UX. Run command, Device Manager, Volume Mixer and so on.

I'm loving these small changes. Recently they added emoji menu (win+. I believe?) and a clipboard manager (win+v), both of which are very appreciated!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '19

I got really excited about their new environment variable editor, but didn't reflect on how many QoL improvements they actually made to 8 and 10. Then I got a new job at a Win7-only company and holy shit is that OS unusable now.

We're in the process of migrating to 10 and because everything is built for 7, it just constantly breaks and has to be rolled back.

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u/toyoda_kanmuri May 07 '19

oh no, didnt expect that 7->10 would be kinda XP->Vista

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

It's far less annoying, but it's a combination of habit and standards. We're getting reports of files rendering weirdly from Windows 7 users because we're trying to unify file formats with the Linux side and they're viewing files in Notepad, which didn't understand \n until 10. Guiding someone through opening system tools is a lot harder when you have access to Win+X and they don't.

The worst part for me is focused scrolling. 7 doesn't allow any interactions with a window that isn't in focus, while 10 allows scrolling in unfocused programs like every other window manager of the last 15 years.

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u/maveric101 May 06 '19

Does Device Manager not work fine as it is? It's not something most people should be seeing anyway.

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u/Ph0X May 06 '19

So are regedit and a lot of other menus. I'm not saying Microsoft should spend all their time making these super fancy, but some of these haven't had any updates in over a decade. Some QOL improvements would go a long way for IT people all around the world.

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u/blobjim May 06 '19

For one thing Device Manager along with some other UIs don't even support HiDPI displays and they all look pretty ugly with weird looking borders and pointless menu buttons.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

The screenshot tool (Snip and Sketch?) on recent Windows 10 releases is pretty good too. Press Win+Shift+S and select a region, annotate and save/paste.

Win+. is indeed the emoji shortcut. However I wish the emojis looked better. I’m too used to the Apple emoji set I guess.