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explorer is the exact reason I used Windows exclusively for decades. that, and having the Address input bar in the taskbar so i could rapidly type out and acces
by Solvency 3y ago
explorer is the exact reason I used Windows exclusively for decades. that, and having the Address input bar in the taskbar so i could rapidly type out and access folders.
then Windows 11 decided to remove that feature for absolutely zero reason.
- Xaiph_Rahci 3y ago> absolutely zero reason A prevailing theory is that advanced users opt out of telemetry, where as regular users don't. So Microsoft has no idea what advanced users use and the OS gradually becomes less sophisticated.
- mewpmewp2 3y agoI guess similar issue with Safari not showing the url path by default, which is completely ridiculous. It is a large part of the UX. It is not going to be of benefit to anyone.
- blacksmith_tb 3y agoChrome also hides things in the url that might confuse us helpless users[1], I think they made that terrible UI change before Safari followed them off the cliff. Another reason to use FF. 1: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/25855505/how-to-make-chrome-display-full-url?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/25855505/how-to-mak...
- paulmooreparks 3y agoI still edit the address bar in Windows 11 file explorer all the time. Do I have a setting turned on to enable this without realizing it?
- pests 3y agoYeah thats "Display the full path in the title bar" in folder options (where show hidden files and show extensions is at) Otherwise the path becomes clickable buttons... which is nice sometimes when you're going back a few directories as you can just click any parent to get a list of it's siblings drop-down style. My favorite feature is just typing cmd into the title bar which launches it at the current directory.
- pjmlp 3y agoIt wasn't available during the first releases of the File Explorer rewrite, however it has been made available for quite some months now.