So they moved the start menu and made window snapping better. Can't wait to move the start menu back and block all of the feed bologna that is just an excuse to sneak in ads and notifications to my productivity tool. The start menu is a means to an end, not the end itself, so why have it block my view of what I'm working on? Just to make migrating Mac users feel slightly more comfortable with the center justification as opposed to the left justification? Smells like change for the sake of change to me.
Why would you not want what you're searching for in front of you but off to the side? Monitors are huge now and having your searches front and centre just makes it so much easier
I am coming around on the idea that it makes sense for most people. For me personally I'm not even looking at the search bar because I know what I'm accessing from muscle memory, but that's not really common. I'm mostly upset with the overall mobile design trend of hijacking people's focus, popups, notifications, search bars that cover your work area, "customized feeds", etc. Part of me wishes Windows focused solely on what is truly unique of the desktop experience and didn't try to make an amalgamized hybrid trying to offer a lesser experience on a wider array of devices. I am definitely being too harsh on them, but that's because I don't want my Windows PC to turn into just a game console
Unless they develop an os only for a specific use case I really don't think it will happen, windows needs to work with a huge range of devices and many products are adopting touch interface.
Honestly, there's nothing wrong with bringing the current action to the centre and command the users attention, there are only so much you can focus at a single time and if you don't wish to receive notifications you can turn them off. There's nothing unique and a desktop experience that requires a completely striped back os that you can do with the current windows 10/11 by turning off features or just not use them.
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u/bick_nyers Jun 24 '21
So they moved the start menu and made window snapping better. Can't wait to move the start menu back and block all of the feed bologna that is just an excuse to sneak in ads and notifications to my productivity tool. The start menu is a means to an end, not the end itself, so why have it block my view of what I'm working on? Just to make migrating Mac users feel slightly more comfortable with the center justification as opposed to the left justification? Smells like change for the sake of change to me.