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  • Some of these changes may not stick, but UI / UX is always evolving to the next thing. You have to try things to know if they are successful. I’ll use the new Apple Vision Pro as a example. Apple is taking a gamble here and this is a HUGE change in UI interactions, can you imagine if they never evolved past the old iPod scroll wheel? (maybe a bad example becuaee that was a great tactile user experience). But my point is people have evolved how they use technology, it’s “generally” more reliable and the under the hood stuff can be tucked away for the general user.


  • So I don’t want this to come off as rude, but if you are using the pro version with proper workstation controls all of this is controllable. I work as a L5 engineer for the world’s largest outsourcing IT provider and we don’t have a single customer (from ITAR, HIPAA, Financial, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical etc) that has been unable to move because of compliance. Some take longer to harden and move but it’s 100% possible. MS knows their audience in this space and wouldn’t release and OS that wasn’t possible to comply. (for the MOST part, obviously things like EU antitrust has made them change some things in the past).



  • I mean, read your comment,

    Yeah I do update them weekly almost, every time I do yay there’s a new driver version, it updates and it works. No major issues besides the explicit sync but that’s being fixed soon and I installed a patch so yeah.

    then read this:

    https://xkcd.com/2501/

    It’s literally comical. That’s how your comment sounds to my wife. (She’s smart, but she’s not computer savvy)

    I think we just need to agree Linux is fine for power users, but Windows is kinda always going to be for the masses and arguing against that is kind of a moo point because it’s just facts that Windows (~70%) > Linux (~4%) in OS market share. It’s also facts that you can strip out almost anything out of Windows and make it work, but that’s not a “for the masses” move either. So arguing that Linux is a better move than Windows because “muh customization” is again, a moo point for like 90% of people.

    Edit: Changed moot to moo because it’s more comical that way.




  • Recommended space isn’t for ads, it’s for newly installed programs. It might show some icons there like Spotify when the OS is installed, but once you remove them they are gone. New “ads” don’t show up later.

    If you want less space dedicated to recently installed (recommendations) change the start menu density to “More Pins”

    It’s just a different way of doing / labeling. Old start menu had “recently installed” this is the same as “recommend”

    Edit: I’ll make an admission here, it looks like I had the “Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more” turned off. But as a point of fact, I did that inadvertently as part of my normal debloat process.

    Edit 2: Seems there is a local / group policy setting to remove the recommendation section completely if that’s your jam. I personally prefer to see my new apps there for a bit.

    Edit 3: I feel like your comment about working against the system is even more comical considers you are talking about Linux. Ever tried to get nvidia drivers working on Linux? Ever tried updating once they were working? Linux is litterally the poster child of working against the system. If you don’t like how it’s setup out of the box, sure it’s changeable, but how long did you work on the changes to get it flawless. I would wager there is jank you have just decided to put up with because after a week you said “good enough”. There is a reason 90% of my Linux systems don’t even run a GUI.





  • Classic right click menu is a regkey away.

    Classic control panel is still there too.

    I have 4 monitors, task bar on all of them, not sure why yours doesn’t. Apps even go to the appropriate task bar per monitor when minimized.

    Suggested apps size can be minimized.

    They only show you “ad” apps on first boot, otherwise gone once you remove them.

    Me thinks you just like to complain lol


  • pacoboyd@lemm.eetoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldWindows 10 is the last version of Windows
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    I’ll probably get down voted to oblivion, but I remember EVERYONE had the same “I’ll never move” rhetoric with Windows 7, and before that Windows XP. Ya’ll eventually move.

    I’ve moved 3 of my 6 windows boxes from 10 to 11 and it’s not that much different. I just debloat the stuff I don’t want and move on. Even that isn’t different, ya’ll remember nlite? We’ve been ripping crap we didn’t want out of the OS for as long as I can remember.

    Hell, I even remeber getting doublespace.exe off my old dos 5 disks so I could use it on my dos 6 and Windows 3.1.1 install. People who use Windows are just more used to tearing down what they don’t want rather than building up what they do (*nix). Is it harder these days…marginally…is there more to remove…yup. But it’s still the same crap we’ve always done.