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Do you not know what a clipboard is? Did you not use linux for years and when you had to deal with the windows desktop it was easily in the top 10 of really annoying things a computer should be able to do?
In windows 10 they finally got a resemblance of clipboard. The bare minimum.
Meanwhile, Linux had a qr reader/writer, full object cut and paste, actions, white-space trimming, history length adjustment, persistence between sessions, blacklisting, clipboard editing, functions, search, sorting, should I keep going?
You can find multiple complaints over the years about how bad windows was at this.
You need me to spell out what I said? Windows did not have a clipboard. That is it. You could enable one separately for word/excel for awhile.
Otherwise the system got one slot. ONE to hold text. That was it. And there wasn't even a way to look at the contents for a very long time.
I was explaining what I mean. What more could i say?
You are highlighting exactly what I am talking about: Linux has had a ton of features for the desktop for years (better right click context menus, better network protocol support, better nearly everything) but windows people didn't so they don't even know why using windows was basically living in the dark ages until Windows 10 started to get some worthwhile features. Windows 11 was the first to actually get a nearly functional file manager for example.
I mean you are thinking QR read/write is not a useful clipboard feature?
So this
Worth pointing out that there are no viable citations on that page, all I remember is that it kept functioning like a win 3.1 and not integrated as the sentence above suggests.
Also gone all together in 7: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2660614/access-clipboard-windows-7
And even when the clipbook was there, I would not call it functional by any means.
Yes tabs in Windows 11 filemanager. Still no split screen, but at least you can keep file management in a single window.
Do you just immediately turn off every feature a desktop environment gives you? I have no problem if you simply use Sway or something that lets the DE get out of your way. But if you are going into a discussion about the features of two DE's and say I never liked having choice, I just turn it all off, whats the point? Seems like a stupid argument to be had.
Stuff linux had that windows didnt for YEARS: Virtual desktops (I am sure you hate those, I have used them since Amiga days), linux technically has two clipboards and ways of selecting paste, windows still cant do single clicking effectively, colors and other file visualization, alt-drag anything, muti taskbars, keyboard tilling managers.... and on and on
YOU may not like it, but the fact is windows was featureless compared to Linux.
Fanboy? Facts are fanboy now?
I notice people who say "bud" in online discussions are either trolls or assholes. Which one are you? You contribute nothing, hate everything, and use "bud" in a discussion.
Yeah it all fits. Also, new account right?
So Wikipedia work for you?
Yep.
Powertoys could give you a simulation in XP but it really wasnt user friendly or worked, or even came with the OS.
So quit your bullshit.
And who is the fanboy here?
Maybe you should just turn off the computer. It seems to annoy you.
Displeasure? I have to manage windows and azure environments and believe me that is displeasure. At least I get to do it all from a reliable Linux environment.
If you don't like clipboards than ok, you can turn it off. For those of us the like them, it's an option windows never had until recently.
Yes shit. No decent file manager. No clip board. No internet protocols built in. No state awarenes and on and on. Win 11 is starting to get there but they are so busy going worse at the same time it's pointless.
Windows still doesn't have an nvme driver for goodness sake.
I have described them over and over, but you hate them or something and are annoyed so I guess having options is not for you.
This is all started with a discussion about the Linux desktop being less than windows historically. Clearly that is not the case when one is feature rich and the other has been playing catch up for years.