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Search is an immediate stand out feature. I rarely use shortcuts these days, just "Super + 'term' + Enter" Windows start menu search is almost non deterministic

Search is an immediate stand out feature. I rarely use shortcuts these days, just "Super + 'term' + Enter" Windows start menu search is almost non deterministic these days. When working from home, I often switch between audio devices - this is something that was easier in previous versions of Windows, same with messing with the audio mixer to change the volume of different apps. The start menu as a whole is _entirely_ useless now. You can't drag shortcuts onto it, you can drag shortcuts from it, who knows how to add items to it. App data storage can get wacky with state stored who knows where. AppData, ProgramData, Local. They wanted to make everything UWP apps, which store stuff differently to legacy apps and then they changed that again - so now apps store stuff in like 4 places. OneDrive rewrites locations like Desktop, Documents, etc so you have two Documents folders - one isn't used but it's there because... it's there. Some apps write to one of the folders and other apps write to the other. Interacting with settings in any meaningful way. Network proxies are entirely broken on Windows 10 and 11 - with no diagnostic output or way to know they are active. They announced the beautiful window decorations of Windows 11 (which I like) but there is no API to build apps using it - at least not that I can tell. There is the WinUI library, but the examples on the Windows developer website don't even compile and they don't seem to care about it at all. --- That said --- Windows absolutely _crushes_ window management and file admin. Nothing comes close for that. Tiling is perfect. Windows explorer is rational and powerful. Finder is not even 5% as good. However MacOS and Gnome do workspaces in multi monitor setups way better than Windows (separate workspaces per monitor). IMO the _only_ thing MacOS has going for it is a bash terminal that is well integrated into the OS. WSL1 was a great start, WSL2 sucks. I would rather use Windows with WSL1 (or MSYS2) but there are no Windows laptops with 12 hour battery lives and a lucrative contract with my employer.

deafpolygon 4y ago
Window Search works well for me. I turned off the web results for Windows Search. It only shows me my local files and applications and loads instantly. (Use O&O Shutup tool) Searches inside text and docx files, as well. I agree it could be better, but it's not trash. Audio devices are easy to switch than ever now. Click the wifi/sound button on taskbar, then click the icon on the right of the volume slider. It's not obvious but clicking it allows you to switch between all available audio devices. AppData is where your preferences should be stored. ProgramData is for app store stuff. It's confusing and should hopefully clear up in a while. It's a step up from storing everything in <userhome>\Documents. OneDrive only does it if you click Next without unchecking it - just turn it off. It's a bit of a dark pattern, I agree, but I don't have that "feature" enabled. There is only one "local" Documents folder (in <userhome>\Documents). But OneDrive wants to push the Cloud version of it (in <onedrive folder>\Documents). I think this where the confusion lies. Settings is pretty well done, imo. Let's talk about recent macOS settings changes now. No idea on network proxies...? I'll take your word for it, sucks. > separate workspaces per monitor I prefer how Windows does it. And GNOME only does it for the "primary" monitor, the other monitors do not get separate workspaces. > the _only_ thing MacOS has going for it is a bash terminal that is well integrated into the OS. It's zsh by default, and it's not "well-integrated". It's a leftover vestige from NeXT and they just didn't remove it - it literally has BSD underpinning its OS. PowerShell with Windows Terminal is very powerful and I like it. It's completely integrated with Windows, and is a first-class citizen, just like on macOS and Linux. You get the added bonus of using WSL2 and having access to all of your Linux tools. Learning PowerShell has been enlightening and does much more than bash/zsh.

deafpolygon 4y ago

Window Search works well for me. I turned off the web results for Windows Search. It only shows me my local files and applications and loads instantly. (Use O&O Shutup tool) Searches inside text and docx files, as well. I agree it could be better, but it's not trash. Audio devices are easy to switch than ever now. Click the wifi/sound button on taskbar, then click the icon on the right of the volume slider. It's not obvious but clicking it allows you to switch between all available audio devices. AppData is where your preferences should be stored. ProgramData is for app store stuff. It's confusing and should hopefully clear up in a while. It's a step up from storing everything in <userhome>\Documents. OneDrive only does it if you click Next without unchecking it - just turn it off. It's a bit of a dark pattern, I agree, but I don't have that "feature" enabled. There is only one "local" Documents folder (in <userhome>\Documents). But OneDrive wants to push the Cloud version of it (in <onedrive folder>\Documents). I think this where the confusion lies. Settings is pretty well done, imo. Let's talk about recent macOS settings changes now. No idea on network proxies...? I'll take your word for it, sucks. > separate workspaces per monitor I prefer how Windows does it. And GNOME only does it for the "primary" monitor, the other monitors do not get separate workspaces. > the _only_ thing MacOS has going for it is a bash terminal that is well integrated into the OS. It's zsh by default, and it's not "well-integrated". It's a leftover vestige from NeXT and they just didn't remove it - it literally has BSD underpinning its OS. PowerShell with Windows Terminal is very powerful and I like it. It's completely integrated with Windows, and is a first-class citizen, just like on macOS and Linux. You get the added bonus of using WSL2 and having access to all of your Linux tools. Learning PowerShell has been enlightening and does much more than bash/zsh.