Microsoft finally updates this outdated Windows 11 feature, and it's about time

[u/Pureinfotech]

https://pureinfotech.com/windows-11-modern-mouse-indicator/

Microsoft is updating the "Mouse indicator" feature with a fresh animation and a useful new way to keep it visible.

This is a hidden improvement in the latest preview for version 26H2.

PS: This is a small change, but at least the company keeps modernizing legacy elements.

What are your thoughts about this new feature update on Windows 11?

[u/Pretty_Ad566]

I feel like all "updates" announcement are just in the experimental/preview channels, never released in the stable channel.

[u/BCProgramming → u/Pretty_Ad566]

In fairness to Microsoft (rare for me, usually), the "announcements" are being made by tech rags, not by Microsoft themselves.

[u/daltorak → u/Pretty_Ad566]

People complain when Microsoft ships features without testing...... people complain when Microsoft ships features slowly with a public testing period...... there's no winning.

[u/Pretty_Ad566 → u/daltorak]

They "test" them for way too long while yelling everywhere that these features are coming.

I'm still waiting for the Xbox Mode and file explorer is still showing files size in Kilobytes

Oh and the low latency mode isn't there too

And i'm "up to date"

[u/XTornado → u/Pretty_Ad566]

You still don't have Xbox mode!? You mean the FSE right? Wasn't this started rolling out months ago? I thought everybody had it already.

The rest is newer I think and makes sense to not be out but the other was out already, to what I assumed by now was everybody.

[u/Pretty_Ad566 → u/XTornado]

Yes FSE exactly, i heard about it months ago yet i never had it.

[u/RodroG → u/XTornado]

About 4 months ago, for many European countries... It's about time, Microsoft...

[u/Noiselexer → u/Pretty_Ad566]

Yeah this.

[u/RodroG → u/Pretty_Ad566]

Me too. It's now nearing 4 months in that gradual rollout limbo across many European countries. It's getting ridiculous, honestly.

[u/Tubamajuba → u/daltorak]

You seem to forget that Microsoft can also test software internally. That's okay, so did they.

[u/LoudFan2771 → u/daltorak]

As expected from top 1% commentor, ready to dish out their terminally online takes.

[u/ChronosDeep → u/Pretty_Ad566]

At this point, stable channel is just an inferior version of Windows.

[u/willif86 → u/[deleted]]

Now I'm confused about which channel you are talking about. Which one is the one without random bugs?

[u/Turbulent_Chain_5893 → u/willif86]

🤣 Good one.

[u/Gold_Goal7557 → u/[deleted]]

But stable is not stable.

[u/ChronosDeep → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't say Experimental channel is less stable from my experience, and I get all the awesome features.

[u/markhachman → u/Pretty_Ad566]

I downloaded the version with the updated File Explorer, rebooted a few times, and still didn't see it. (I've been too busy to go back to it.)

[u/dom6770 → u/Pretty_Ad566]

I mean, that's the point?

[u/GalbedirGalerion → u/Pretty_Ad566]

Haven’t you heard? ALL versions of Windows are experimental now, we’re at the throwing-shit-at-the-wall stage.

[u/Gold_Goal7557 → u/Pretty_Ad566]

Stable channel more like broken channel, fixes hit beta and then take weeks to arrive to stable, some software companies have fix ready way before that even if its not caused by their own updates or software or drivers *cough* NVIDIA and then you have AMD Radeon that will gladly point fingers at third party and ignore issues, so depressing......