Newer is not always better.
Change for the sake of change creates more problems than it resolves.
The last 3 versions of Windows went with glitz and glitter and lost touch with the people who use Windows for productivity, not to touch tiles and see the latest cat videos on youtube.
All of the consumer anguish with Win8 went down the drain in Win10. Describing Win10 as ‘flat’ is accurate.
Without the classic theme, Win10 it junky. They apparently took the classic theme out in one of the betas a couple of years ago and never put it back. That is another example of MS being out of touch with users who want software for productivity.
I’m with you. It’s like every other version of IE takes the Favorites List from the right to the left of the screen and back again.
Reminds me of Dr. McCoy in the first Star Trek movie, “I know engineers, they love to change things!”