Agree with you WandW.  I personally think they should have a "production/workstation" OS similar to 2000 and a "you-tuber/facebook/etc" media center type OS for casual users ;)

For the longest time, I turned off the themes in windows, particularly the bubblegum look in XP, and even now I use very minimal slick looking themes, no glass if possible.

I was reading about the "ribbon" toolbar in the file manager on 8 and my reaction was "UGH...".  I pretty much skip anything that takes up huge chunks of screen space.

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