(This is an exaggeration, but it's bad.)īy the time you get to the last versions of Windows 10, though, the Settings app becomes a capable replacement for the old Control Panels for most things that you need to do with your PC, from power settings to Bluetooth pairing to network configuration. This early attempt at a touch-friendly user interface could barely do anything, and Windows 8 overwhelmingly relied on the Control Panel and nontouch UI to handle anything other than changing the desktop wallpaper. I booted up Windows 8.1 for the first time in years to get some screenshots from this review, and I was astonished at how bad the Settings app was.
