Will Settings eventually replace Control Panel?

cereberus said:

You are saying things that are not generally correct. The settings setup with the more common features, and there is usually an advanced option that links to the old CP dialogues. The Control Panel is only the interface to the various dialogues.

There is no dumbing down, just things rearranged differently.

Many of the advanced menus do not easily lend to modern menu settings so I expect those to remain as is but accessed via avanced options rather than the old control panel interface.

Nothing has changed really - it is largely a cosmetic change and long overdue as CP is a mess.

And than there's also "God Mode".

What was the need for "settings" at all? Control panel could do the job and is more visually appealing than the ugly, flat, boring, settings page. Perhaps it's just another nod to the "phone generation"

brotherboard said:

What was the need for "settings" at all? Control panel could do the job and is more visually appealing than the ugly, flat, boring, settings page. Perhaps it's just another nod to the "phone generation"

"Shared experience" thru all Windows devices is most likely reason. It's not just for phone generation, there are also tablets, netbooks and even cars and fridges and all kinds of touch only devices. Knowing all by knowing one can be handy.

I have no need for constant access to either Control panel or Settings (only for update section) so I have CP and God mode on desktop only and if I don't want to drop to desktop I just run "control" and there it is.

brotherboard said:

Perhaps it's just another nod to the "phone generation"

Exactly.

These days, the more clicks/pokes it takes to get something done, the more productive you are (apparently).

jimbo45 said:

Control panel is fine -- I don't really know why the settings thing ever came about -- fine for things like mobile phones / touch devices but when will people realize there's still a big population out there still using "Old fashioned computers" with often several large monitors and I defy anybody to do a lot of cutting and pasting or photoshop type editing without a mouse (or similar like a pen perhaps) device !!!

Agreed. :)

Touchscreen UIs are horribly limited.
"Old fashioned computers" are being punished as a result.

I have CP and Settings pinned to both Start and the classic Start Menu since I run Classic Shell. Granted, I never use Start because of this, but in the event that I need it, they're still there as well. Still, CP isn't a dead feature juuuust yet. Again, why not modernize all the menus but also keep everything in CP at the same time? Because that's too hard for them and it would increase the install size, which 10 is known for being light in that regard.