I use separate taskbar buttons for every open window every day on every desktop in win10 and server 2012. Did they screw that up in 11? I tried 11 for a few days and didn't like it.

Can you drag and drop stuff onto apps in the taskbar in win11? I seem to recall that being broken as well...

A hell of a work in progress.

They also need to strip out anything that restricts 11 running on "old" hardware.

Let me decide on my own security stance, thanks.

I use separate taskbar buttons for every open window every day on every desktop in win10 and server 2012. Did they screw that up in 11? I tried 11 for a few days and didn't like it.

Can you drag and drop stuff onto apps in the taskbar in win11? I seem to recall that being broken as well...

A hell of a work in progress.

They also need to strip out anything that restricts 11 running on "old" hardware.

Let me decide on my own security stance, thanks.

ExplorerPatcher is an open source project that does just that, plus it optionally reverses other wierd Win11 UI decisions. It really does make working in Win11 a much more pleasant experience. https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

I do deliver software for a living…

Until they bring back vertical taskbars, no deal.

I want them to change "More options" to "What you're actually looking for"

Windows 11 seems to serve as extra layers added on to an already functional operating system.

Actually yeah I hate that. Good point.

I just hope we’ll be able to put the taskbar wherever we want to put it, rather than having it stuck at the bottom.

The lack of being able to move the taskbar to the top of the screen is basically the only thing stopping me updating from Win 10.

Having the taskbar at bottom of screen increases mouse travel way too much when switching apps. There is a 90% chance the first thing I need to click after switching apps is in the top third of the screen, having the taskbar at the bottom of the screen is just inefficient.

Not sure if you know this, but you can change the taskbar to look more like older versions of Windows.

It was step 1 for me when I got a new laptop recently, I can't get used to that weird middle-floating taskbar, and I really wish Microsoft would stop fixing things that aren't broken -.-'

>Mac OS isn’t a mobile OS

Have you seen the latest update? The settings app is basically the iOS settings and it sucks.

I hate windows so bloated and slow.

I love how they're removing important system settings to look cleaner on smaller devices, making you have to change stuff in the registry following some third party guide. Having to flip through 6 different menus since each only contains 4 settings to end up not finding what you want because its hidden under a random hyperlink at some obnoxious corner is great. Makes you really appreciate all the effort that went into spying on customer behavior in favor of adware improved uix.

I mean, they had "one icon per app" grouping in Windows 7, but sure

You can remove the Recycle-Bin icon from the Windows 10 desktop

As a Product Owner, the concept of an MVP is a stupid. The only time it's of benefit is if there is no completion or existing product in the market. If there is, you're first release needs to at least match the features of the competition or the previous product.

Otherwise you have MVP, but it has no value.

It does still work.

Your sentence is a joke.

If those 18 trucks were Teslas every liberal news outlet would make sure the public would know.

Note to everyone. You can absolutely revert back to older versions of windows, and there are a bunch of Linux distros that look and feel like old windows.

I just want to be able to lock the taskbar vertically on the right side like I do in Windows 10.

The Taskbar feature I want to know about is: if an open program is trying to get my attention, will the button on the taskbar actually start flashing on and off in bright orange so I can see it, like it did in Windows 10; or is it going to gently fade into a very slightly orange shade then gently fade out - like it does currently - so that it completely fails to draw my notice?

Just wait, they’ll try to pull some extra bullshit like they did with the “peek” feature that makes all of your windows on every screen temporarily minimize while you’re “group diving” through the taskbar. It’s gonna piss off everyone in the live entertainment tech world so much. Again.

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How is that related to the points being made? It’s like if someone said “TV programs these days are bad” and you reply that you don’t own a TV or something.