Gregly on Nostr: We thought it was trite at the time, Win95 using “My Computer”, “My ...
We thought it was trite at the time, Win95 using “My Computer”, “My Documents”, “My Pictures”, etc. It was too cutesy, us nerds said.
But look at it now. “This PC”, “Documents”, “Photos”. No possessive pronouns anywhere. Almost as if Microsoft wants us to forget anything has ever been “ours”. When did that happen? Vista? Win7? I forget.
It’s a stupid little thing… and yet it’s troubling.
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2024-05-15 02:46:25Event JSON
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