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> It was first introduced for Windows 95, I had no idea it was there for that long! Honestly, from their perspective it probably makes sense to keep it separate from the main OS if they like keeping it open source.
Wait, is this an official MS utility? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ Why aren't these just bundled by default??
Isn't it ironic that the operating system called "Windows" offers one of the worst window management user experiences?
For me, Windows 11 has one of the best window management experiences out of the box, far ahead of MacOS and in line Linux.
The ease of resizing, snapping and tiling windows out of the box is really well implemented in Windows 11 so I really don't get your claim.
Hopefully Microsoft sees the writing on the wall and includes these in an update, instead of being stubborn and pretending that they have had a reason to exclude them all this time.
Many, if not most of these tools contain functionality that is built into other major OSes, and had been for a long time. I don't really understand why Microsoft doesn't include them by default.
Vendors should include only the bare essentials, then let users who want more add their own extras.
Imagine an OS similar to the original Macintosh, or maybe early versions of iOS, but with add-ons that can add features to the global UI. New users have a basic system with easily-understood behaviors, and experienced users can enable the features they need.
In an alternate universe where I believed it was possible to compete with the major vendors, this is the platform I would build...
at least gifs pls
Many, if not most of these tools contain functionality that is built into other major OSes, and had been for a long time. I don't really understand why Microsoft doesn't include them by default.
Considering the 2nd most used desktop OS is MacOS and you can’t even maximise a window properly out of the box…
Also no built in screen recording software, wtf? 2022 at least gifs pls
Also no built in screen recording software, wtf? 2022 at least gifs pls
I swear, half of negative comments here about Windows are FUD from users who either never used it longer than 5 minutes and don't bother looking stuff up.
[1] https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-video-screen-captu...
> It was first introduced for Windows 95, I had no idea it was there for that long! Honestly, from their perspective it probably makes sense to keep it separate from the main OS if they like keeping it open source.
The first release of the current applicaiton was 2019. The wiki article is quite detailed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerToys