Seems like Microsoft is still migrating features from the old Windows Control Panel to its newer Settings app. Here’s Sean Hollister, at The Verge:

But the Control Panel still can’t die. The latest features to migrate, as of today’s Technical Preview: clock settings; time servers; formatting for time, number, and currency; UTF-8 language support toggle, keyboard character repeat delay, and cursor blink rate.

While it is indeed hilarious that Microsoft is still migrating stuff out of Control Panel to Settings over a decade later, my gut sense is that Windows 11 has had to pay down technical debts the same way people have to gradually pay down their financial ones, in installments that span multiple years.

The Windows 11 PC that I use for gaming and Plex isn’t my daily driver. Because I don’t use Windows for either work or other personal needs, take what you’re about to read with a huge grain of salt. That said and in my limited experience, Windows 11 has been gradually getting noticeably better, and dare I say, nicer¹? Windows Settings is nicer than Control Panel. The new right-click menu is nicer than the old one. Part of me wonders why Microsoft has been so gradual with these rewrites rather than just releasing them in a more done state, but then again modernizing decades old components is never easy, especially when you’re trying to satisfy software compatibility and entrenched IT practices.

Taking such a long time to revamp these components does merit some teasing and probably some criticism, but I think keeping at it for over a decade shows a resolve that is also worthy of praise. The effort gives me confidence that the people in charge in Redmond truly care about improving the user experience of their desktop OS. I wish I could say the same about the people in charge in Cupertino.