Don't expect to see it applied globally to a significant portion of Windows elements, including things like the Task Manager. In a LOT of ways, W11 is just a coat of paint but also still somehow worse?ĭark mode is still just totally half-assed. For God's sake, you can still access the W10 explorer repeatedly from within W11. There are elements that still date back to the pre Windows 2000 days. The mass amount of UI inconsistencies are another major issue. However you cannot fully disable it with a simple toggle. The entire Widgets system feels unnecessary but I get that people might like it. Taskbar is also locked to the bottom and cannot be moved to the sides or top of the screen. The overflow section is supposed to have rounded corners but will only show those after restarting explorer (more of a design inconsistency). Forced recommended/recent file section on Start. The Start menu and taskbar are just a functionally deprived mess. It was fine at first glance, but the more I used it the more the cracks started to show themselves. I was one of the early adopters of it through the Insider program months back.

highlighted notification indicating app update is permanently stuck on for certain apps (Discord being the most notable).Īnd that's not even getting into the other issues I've seen noted on the W11 Thread.

Windows key only opens the start menu on your main monitor.

If you open the Start menu on a 2nd monitor and start typing to search, the Start menu disappears.

Notifications Tray simplification into Control center removes 80% of the shortcuts from it (Control Panel Sound Settings being the most notable).

Lack of other Taskbar orientations besides bottom.

To list a couple of issues with the taskbar: The amount of lost features & over complicated UX design to access things that were easily accessible previously is insane & most importantly the Taskbar went from being 'Fine' to being a complete fucking trainwreck that has a bajillion bugs / missing features on it.

The UI Design improvement is great and really feels like an evolution of Windows 10 but outside of that it feels like a shitshow. As someone who has always been on the forefront of OS releases & constantly beta testing for Microsoft (Even constantly posting in the W11 thread) I'm thoroughly disappointed with W11.

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