I mean.. The taskbar seems like a Dock now. The interface seems very Apple Finder-esque now.
I feel like they're just aligning with macOS now. Not that I'm complaining, the video and the interface all are sexy.
I feel like they're just aligning with macOS now. Not that I'm complaining, the video and the interface all are sexy.
I can't tell if the icons get larger as you hover. That sort of magnifies this problem, as the start button would shift left as other icons are highlighted.
If you have such a large screen that you can't quickly move your pointer to anywhere on it, I suggest that you have a bigger problem with your system than where your Start menu appears.
Fun fact btw, in win 95 the border of the start button was not clickable, so slamming into the corner did not work because of that 2px border. Microsoft was proud of presenting this feature in later versions, don't remember if it was in 98, 2000 or XP.
Everybody except hn readers who live in their own bubble.
I think you're comparing apples and oranges though - with web pages, the issues are readability and aesthetics, whereas with the taskbar it's that icons are where you expect them to be (when centred, they will move as you open more windows).
IMO, a more apt comparison is the tabs of a browser, rather than the content the browser is showing.
There's a name for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law
and the fact that their UI people somehow have forgotten about it speaks volumes.
> Taskbar functionality is changed including: Alignment to the bottom of the screen is the only location allowed.
[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifica...
EDIT: Sorry I misread, you meant the icons. But yeah unfortunately it sounds like you can't move the taskbar as a whole anymore. I always kept mine at the top.
Although considering I've seen no one else mention this issue, I'm guessing I'm a huge outlier.
Have Microsoft forgotten the lessons they learned so hard since 1995? The start button being in the corner has real usability benefits.
They ruined the taskbar a long time ago, the button grouping thing is absolutely horrible and can only be partially turned off... hopefully they at a minimum kept the full button option somewhere.
And the centering... if new stuff is added and it recenters, it means things are moving all the time. eeek.
Then again they were never completely consistent. For example in Win3.x design 3D elements were supposed to be for those that cause some command to be performed, yet the scrollbar visual design was the same as that of buttons.
I still prefer i3 ... but I can understand why a nontechnical user might prefer a mac device to a windows(10) device. Someone at Apple clearly knows about UI/UX.
The bad news is Apple is fucking it all up, having apparently put iOS people in charge of macOS. The new safari looks insanely bad.
At least we can finally go from one machine to another without too much of a difference or having to learn much - particularly good for those who only use what they "know".