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Windows 11 is like Ghostbusters (2016 film). It wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, not by a long shot, but that doesn't make it good or something I want
by bitwize 4y ago
Windows 11 is like Ghostbusters (2016 film). It wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, not by a long shot, but that doesn't make it good or something I want to subject myself to again.
But my perspective is unusual. The friction increase for Windows 11 over its predecessor is, for me, slight; but I've used so many WMs and DEs that adjusting to a new one is hardly noticeable. To a normie, Windows 11's pebble-in-shoe UI changes -- the start menu location change, the right-click menu change, the emphasis on connecting you to Microsoft and third-party apps and services rather than getting things done -- would be sources of profound aggravation.
- WarOnPrivacy 4y agoAnyone's first experience with Windows 11 is clicking on the start menu and discovering their virgin install is fully leaden with crapware - ala 1999 Packard Bell. That sells you on Windows the same way stepping in cat barf sells you on your new pet.
- firecall 4y agoThat really is a big issue, for me, with Windows 11 and Edge. The entire experience is cheapened. MS Edge, for instance, actually has an excellent base UI. But the UX is destroyed by plastering horrible tabloid news and ads all over the first launch experience. The engineers are MS are obviously very good at what they do. But it feels like the rest of the product and marketing departments get ahold of things and jam in trashware and ruin it. Windows 11 is fine. It's fine. The graphical changes to the UI are in improvement to my eyes, and they are slowly adding back utility. Such as right-clicking on the task bar and being able to launch the activity monitor! They even have tabbed explorer windows now! Still, MS did such a bad job of launching W11 that my two gamer teenager kids and their friends have sworn off it for as long as they can!