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[–] MIDItheKID 82 points 1 month ago (4 children)

As somebody who has to work with deploying this software for consultants that use W365 Cloud PCs, fuck this name. If there is an error or an issue with it, good fucking luck trying to Google a solution because searching for "Windows App Error" gets you nowhere fucking useful.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

And for their next office platform, they decided to settle with the name of ERROR.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Remember that RTS game called Z? I tried searching for that back in the BBS days, and the search results included literally every zip file available. Good times…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Let me get on my tinfoil hat: I'd wager that Microsoft views this as a feature, not a bug. They voluntarily tank their SEO so that you have more incentive to use their shitty LLM assistant.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

I asked ChatGPT if it knew of that, and even with it's heavy microsoft influence it was confused.

[–] foggy 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] hemmes 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We heard you like Windows apps...

[–] jaybone 7 points 1 month ago

No one likes windows apps.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

To save people the click

Microsoft announced today that it's releasing a new app called Windows App as an app for Windows that allows users to run Windows and also Windows apps (it's also coming to macOS, iOS, web browsers, and is in public preview for Android).

On most of those platforms, Windows App is a replacement for the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, which was used for connecting to a copy of Windows running on a remote computer or server—for some users and IT organizations, a relatively straightforward way to run Windows software on devices that aren't running Windows or can't run Windows natively.

The new name, though potentially confusing, attempts to sum up the app's purpose: It's a unified way to access your own Windows PCs with Remote Desktop access turned on, cloud-hosted Windows 365 and Microsoft Dev Box systems, and individual remotely hosted apps that have been provisioned by your work or school.

[–] Agent641 13 points 1 month ago

Me IRL naming my first project in Visual Studio

[–] y0din 11 points 1 month ago

so, without this app, it will only be telemetry and ads? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remote Desktop clients for Linux got good enough that they felt the need to replace it with a new protocol with no linux clients?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean standard RDP clients? This is a VDI client to connect to an azure instance for example. It replaces another azure client named "Remote Desktop" (yeah...i know). It's different from the native by default rdp client you run by typing mstsc.exe. they suck with naming.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I see. Sort of. They do say it's (also) a complete replacement for "Remote Desktop Connection" which does appear to be about connecting to PCs. I don't know anything about MS products, just thought it odd that they chose to support "macOS, iOS, and Android."

[–] shotgun_crab 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Microsoft and terrible naming conventions, name a better duo...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] LucasWaffyWaf 1 points 1 month ago

Xbox: Good, short, sweet, memorable. Xbox 360: Odd, but different name, referring to the console being meant to be used as an all in one media center. Xbox One: Confusing since people were calling the original Xbox the Xbox 1. Xbox Series X: whyyyyy

Playstation: Just increment the number, mate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Valmond 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bet it will be swift and easy to use 🤢

[–] Nikls94 6 points 1 month ago

Thank you I’m good with my whisky 🥃

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Want some wine with your cheese?

[–] EvilBit 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So one of the two things Windows is good for - acting as a terminal for remotely accessing better operating systems, is getting a new name that obscures exactly that most useful use case. Yeah, that tracks.

Microsoft must be feeling the need to shore up the walls so their remaining users can't leave as easily.

(Sarcasm/Serious: Let's say 50/50. I am actually aware that some people have other uses for Windows.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Eh, this won't stop anyone remotely tech savvy. I use a 3rd party software to do rdp, ssh, etc.