Besides, the point of this article is default behaviors. These are more than just opinion, these are lack of understanding, or poor usage, of basic UI concepts. This confuses users, and increases their chances of errors. Don't get me wrong, some chicklets and palettes are not bad, but not everything should be accessible through one. An example of 'a little is good, a lot is bad'.
Buttons are fine if they do functions that are visually obvious.
They are wrong if they do things that the user might not see the results of, so they click again and again and wonder if they clicked at all. I just wish Microsoft would read this list, and apply it. I suspect the former. I was viewing Windows with compressed settings. You can sent font sizes and other UI elements to be larger.