Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
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Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#2In the lovely bubble that I live in, the “power users” haven’t been using Windows for quite some time now.
To Microsoft’s credit, they’ve made it incredibly easy for me, a .NET developer, to not have to use Windows any more. So I am, admittedly, grateful for that.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#3Hopefully the people that have picked up Classic Shell are able to keep up with the changes when this settles out and unbreak the bad UI decisions that will be forced on us.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#4In the lovely bubble that I live in, the “power users” haven’t been using Windows for quite some time now. To Microsoft’s credit, they’ve made it incredibly easy for me, a .NET developer, to not have to use Windows any more. So I am, admittedly, grateful for that.
I've got a few questions.
1) What OS/IDE combination do you use?
2) Is there any reason you've not switched to other languages that are most commonly found in non-windows environments?
3) How is the tooling around .NET diagnostics and memory profiling on the OS you use?
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#5Hopefully the people that have picked up Classic Shell are able to keep up with the changes when this settles out and unbreak the bad UI decisions that will be forced on us. https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
Classic shell change just the start menu. The rest of the crap stays the same.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#6In the lovely bubble that I live in, the “power users” haven’t been using Windows for quite some time now. To Microsoft’s credit, they’ve made it incredibly easy for me, a .NET developer, to not have to use Windows any more. So I am, admittedly, grateful for that.
An old programming joke compared c# (ie .net) to a laser cannon strapped to a donkey, that oddly enough doesn't work as well without the donkey. Does this still ring true to you seeing as you are using the laser cannon sans donkey
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#7LTT did a video review and there was a very simplified right click context menu that you could click "more options" and it returned to the Windows 10 style menu. That will be extremely painful to use if that is not customizable.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#8All the simplifications that they mentioned seem reasonable to me.
Wouldn't Power Users be regular users of things like keyboard shortcuts, AutoHotKey scripts, etc...?
For example, 99% of my time is spent in seven or eight applications and use the Win-# key to jump between them. Win-1 is file explorer, Win-2 is web browser, Win-3 is email, etc...
For lesser used things I hit the Win key and start typing the name of the thing I want and then hit enter as soon as it's highlighted. The organization or size of the Start menu is not important.
The only feature I use that I would lose is small task bar icons, but that isn't exactly a showstopper for me.
If the list is what Windows' most loyal users are complaining about, Microsoft must be doing a good job. If anything, I think these changes will affect more casual users who spend a lot of time inside the start menu.
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#9All the simplifications that they mentioned seem reasonable to me. Wouldn't Power Users be regular users of things like keyboard shortcuts, AutoHotKey scripts, etc...? For example, 99% of my time is spent in seven or eight applications and use the Win-# key to jump between them. Win-1 is file explorer, Win-2 is web browser, Win-3 is email, etc... For lesser used things I hit the Win key and start typing the name of t…
>Win-1 is file explorer, Win-2 is web browser, Win-3 is email, etc...
Is this something you set up natively in windows? Or are you using AHK?
Re: Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'
#10Hopefully the people that have picked up Classic Shell are able to keep up with the changes when this settles out and unbreak the bad UI decisions that will be forced on us. https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
Classic shell change just the start menu. The rest of the crap stays the same.
They also have modules that alter explorer as well (though I don't find them terribly useful). As an "old fogey" in the computer world Classic Shell is one of the first things I install on any Windows machine I set up for myself.