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AI is great but how about fixing start menu search? Search that was perfectly working on Windows 7 but was lobotomized in subsequent versions.
by Nextgrid 3y ago
AI is great but how about fixing start menu search? Search that was perfectly working on Windows 7 but was lobotomized in subsequent versions.
- lizardking 3y agoThe context menu too!
- thereisnospork 3y agoHow about the settings menu? (edit: tbf while I don't have Windows 11, this feels like a safe presumption)
- miles 3y agoIt's easy enough to restore: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11/a62e797c-eaf3-411b-aeec-e460e6e5a82a https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restor...
- warning26 3y agoEven in Win7 it wasn't particularly fast. I don't get how that one random person working on that "Everything" search utility was able to build instantaneous search on Windows, but Microsoft themselves couldn't figure it out.
- mjburgess 3y agoOne assumes that it's loaded with telemetry and bing-first searching, so it's design for data exploitation of customers rather than to be a menu
- 16bitvoid 3y agoIn fact, if you disable web search via a registry value or group policy (don't remember which), it becomes a lot faster. Not Everything fast, but significantly faster nonetheless.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoIt’s the next great thing about surfacing semantically relevant bing ads in your start menu and sending Microsoft summarized “diagnostic data” about everything you do and read to “improve their product experience.” Enjoy!
- tinus_hn 3y agoThey’re still working on perfecting the system that sends all your data to the cloud so you can search it again.
- EliRivers 3y agoMaybe the AI will be able to delete files and directories faster than me doing it myself with a magnetised needle and a steady hand.