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Ok, who saw the above and though they did that with Window 8, how did that go again? 
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I wonder when MS will let ME decide what UI I want to use for MY desktop environment...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I didn't know what to make of it at first, so I glanced at the article and realized that it was a case of what one of my former managers referred to as "Same lady, new dress."
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And a few more wrinkles.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Greg Utas wrote: "Same lady pig, new dress lipstick."
FTFY 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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They've been adding a lot of functions so your apps can be more bouncy, elastic, zoomy, rounded and transparent ... but you still have to figure out what the app should do and make it happen. So, yes, no progress.
Like my phone ... 90% of the docs is devoted to "taking pictures".
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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It seems to me that the phone is more a camera than a phone. Email, Teams and WhatsApp very useful, Twitter, Web stuff not so much. 
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I miss Windows 3, I disliked the "sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows" in Windows 95.
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Maybe they'll bring back the automatic vertical scroll bar that some brain trust at Microsoft decided wasn't needed.
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Yeah, where did that go...
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They do that with every second version.
And the in between versions are there to fix the problems they create.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Saw that. They are bring back Bob.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Bob? the Friendly Green Guy, Clippy no please, I will get pliers and medieval on it.
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They going to redesign the icons?
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Nah - they've decided it's too hard. Instead, they will make the start menu into one big button that takes you directly to FaceBook, so you can do everything you could possibly want in this day and age without the strain the previous start menus induced. Very smart people up there in Redmond - gonna take piles of money to the bank!
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In my opinion, the best way they could advance the windows UI is to go back to the past - enable Windows 7 and/or XP modes. Everything since has been horrendous.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: enable Windows 7 and/or XP modes
XP, specifically, in Classic mode.
Usability has only gone downhill since then.
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Must admit XP when I first came to it looked a bit toy like and I changed it to look like Win2K, 7 I never found the option to do that but I like it all the same (it was a pain correcting the boot up time every three months!)
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Anyone got one?
I have a grinder and a cafetiere at the moment, so I tend to grind a week's worth of coffee at a time. And Herself is looking for a Birthday Present for me* so I thought it might be an idea to get a machine where you stick beans in the top, water in the side (or front), and then stab a button to get my morning ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) fix.
As caffeine and coding tend to go hand in hand, I figure some of you will have tried this kit already - so ... are they any good? Worth buying? I definitely don't want a "pod" machine (too expensive, too much non-recyclable waste) and coffee ground can be composted, so ... your thoughts, please people!
* This translates to me deciding what I want, finding the right make, model, and supplier, buying it, getting it delivered, wrapping it, and hiding it so I don't know what I am getting.**
** It sounds complex, but it does mean I get what I want for Xmas and Birthdays. No socks are ever involved.***
*** A good degree of mental gymnastics are involved, however.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Been using DeLongi for the past 10 years. Lasts about 5 years before it needs new gaskets. Old one was noisy while grinding. Replaced it about 2 years ago with a new model, somewhat less noisy. Jura are the Rolls Royce of the industry (priced accordingly).
Mircea
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I keep the grinder and the espresso machine separated.
Embedded grinders are often of lower quality than their standalone cousins (as opposite to software  )
Quote: so I tend to grind a week's worth of coffee at a time
That's a sin.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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CPallini wrote: That's a sin.
 You could not have better written this.
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I would agree, but ... it's better than buying pre-ground beans.
I would grind my own "as needed" but I've seen how much mess my grinder can perpetrate, and I'm just not ready to clean it up first thing in the morning.
And a dirty kitchen gets my twitching started ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Year's ago, someone gave me a "single serving" coffee maker and grinder. Still have it. The grinder is no bigger than a cup. A cap and a body. No mess.
(I had figured you would have a special storage facility for your week's worth of coffee. I'm shocked too.)
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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What sort of mess? Mine creates no mess at all. Push the button, and while it works, fill the water compartment and get the filter ready. Pull out that little box with ground coffee (it is ready before you are!) and pour into the filter. That's it. Every four or five pots, you open the lid to the bean compartment to fill it. No mess, no cleaning necessary.
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