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> While I have your attention, you might also like to know that you can spin the gear in Windows 11’s Notepad app. It’s like a digital fidget spinner, and part

> While I have your attention, you might also like to know that you can spin the gear in Windows 11’s Notepad app. It’s like a digital fidget spinner, and part of the many delightful little additions to Windows 11. Hey Microsoft, thanks for the spinner, but how about instead you un-ruin right clicking in explorer and give me my corners back.

buggy6257 3y ago
Because as we all know as software engineers, Windows as a whole is likely only written by a single team or maybe even single developer, and thus multiple features cannot be worked on at the same time, and thus you have to pick between these two things.
- userbinator 3y ago
  There's something called budget. People are being paid to write frivolous crap, when those funds could've gone to better uses. If you're someone who pays for software, you want your money to pay for the things you want.
- johnnyworker 3y ago
  That in itself is orthogonal to progress or regression. For example, while one team could put a fidget spinner in Notepad, another could ruin right-clicking in Explorer. Which obviously raises the question if another team could be spun up to incentivize the first team to distract the second team long enough for a fourth team to swoop in and fix right-clicking in Explorer.
  - yomlica8 3y ago
    After that, you have a whale eat the whole let of them. But then how do you get rid of the whale?
    - mrguyorama 3y ago
      You ask Japan to conduct some research on it.
- chikitabanana 3y ago
  >a single developer you don't actually believe this
Dalewyn 3y ago
I actually welcome the return of easter eggs because that was a time when Microsoft programs were sincerely awesome.
jaywalk 3y ago
You can restore the legacy right click functionality in Explorer with a registry hack: 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...
- wruza 3y ago
  Pretty sure there’s a WinTweak11 or something for all of that already.
xnyan 3y ago
Shift + Right Click shows the classic right click menu. I'd prefer a setting to turn it off, but it's just muscle memory for me now and I never see the new menu.
usrbinbash 3y ago
How about they replace notepad.exe with something offering the bare minimum of what Linux users get in the default text editors of their Desktop Environments?

buggy6257 3y ago

Because as we all know as software engineers, Windows as a whole is likely only written by a single team or maybe even single developer, and thus multiple features cannot be worked on at the same time, and thus you have to pick between these two things.

userbinator 3y ago
There's something called budget. People are being paid to write frivolous crap, when those funds could've gone to better uses. If you're someone who pays for software, you want your money to pay for the things you want.
johnnyworker 3y ago
That in itself is orthogonal to progress or regression. For example, while one team could put a fidget spinner in Notepad, another could ruin right-clicking in Explorer. Which obviously raises the question if another team could be spun up to incentivize the first team to distract the second team long enough for a fourth team to swoop in and fix right-clicking in Explorer.
- yomlica8 3y ago
  After that, you have a whale eat the whole let of them. But then how do you get rid of the whale?
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    You ask Japan to conduct some research on it.
chikitabanana 3y ago
>a single developer you don't actually believe this

Dalewyn 3y ago

I actually welcome the return of easter eggs because that was a time when Microsoft programs were sincerely awesome.

jaywalk 3y ago

You can restore the legacy right click functionality in Explorer with a registry hack: 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...

wruza 3y ago
Pretty sure there’s a WinTweak11 or something for all of that already.

xnyan 3y ago

Shift + Right Click shows the classic right click menu. I'd prefer a setting to turn it off, but it's just muscle memory for me now and I never see the new menu.

usrbinbash 3y ago

How about they replace notepad.exe with something offering the bare minimum of what Linux users get in the default text editors of their Desktop Environments?