As long as you don't mind the task bar being glued to the bottom of your screen, I think Windows 11 is a net improvement over 10. The new features in WSL are particularly cool.
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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Windows 10 feels like a better Operating System, with Win11 being a beta program for features.
I tried Win11 for a month before switching back. The completely unnecessary changes to the Start and right click menus killed it for me.
It felt like I'd taken my car into the shop for an engine tune-up and it came out with a square steering wheel and the gas/brake pedals were reversed.
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Last time I used 11 it had a few things which are deal breakers for me.
- All windows of same application are grouped. In 10, you can have it group them never or only when task bar is full. On 11 you have no option. It takes an extra click every time you want to cycle to a specific window.
- Seconds on the clock are gone. I use that on 10 occasionally and want it back.
- Context menu in explorer was changed and is way more frustrating to use. My biggest gripe is the keyboard shortcuts were changed for no reason.
- The ribbon menu is going away for nested menu system. Ribbon is objectively better for repeating multiple commands.
- Gaming performance is worse, specifically VR.
- UI/UX changes, some are good, some are bad. It’s not a polished OS with inconsistencies everywhere. In 10 at least they tried to make each level of the UI consistent with itself. 11 is just a hodgepodge of useless shit.
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