That's what they said a month ago, then they decided that 'remove copilot from notepad' meant 'rename copilot in notepad'.
I remember reading that plan and being shocked about how good it sounded. And then they did the exact opposite of every single thing they promised, which I'm sure endeared themselves to all their enterprise customers.
So sure, I welcome Microsoft's attempts to finally drag itself back into relevancy, but they've got a massive self-inflicted foot wound that's gonna complicate matters.
Well, when Microsoft finally admits they're wrong they usually backtrack well enough. Think windows 8/8.1
It was still an ugly pig with lipstick but the worst parts like the start screen were gone.
Wasn't 8.1 basically the same except the start button was back on the taskbar instead of hidden behind a weird gesture?
Aww, and I finally just moved over to Linux.
If you're happy on Linux, stay on Linux. This is Microsoft's "I can change baby, I swear" play. Just like they did after Windows 8. And Windows Vista. And Windows ME.
Surely they have learned their lessons and will never intentionally tank their product in the name of profit again. Surely this time.
Aww
More like "aww yeah"
Just stay on Linux. Microslop won't actually fix anything.
Lol. Me too. I mean, I've been running primarily Linux for decades, now this single press release will have me watching for Windows 13 with interest. (This is hopefully obviously sarcasm - meant only to give you a laugh and help you feel chill about whatever you do next.)
We’re truly better off where we are
Say what you want about Microsoft, but at the very least, it seems to know when it needs to change course.
That has to be sarcasm, right?
*rename course.
There, fixed it. 😁
It doesn't say that it actually does. Just knows.
the Start menu is getting a full rewrite in WinUI 3, which will make it 60% more responsive
Uh. I think I found the issue. A menu isn't even supposed to have various degrees of responsiveness.
Yeah. 60% more responsive for something infamous for taking multiple seconds to launch is depressingly bad. That's "not even trying" levels of improvement.
The start menu should open essentially instantly (excluding optional animations) – 100 ms is good, 200 ms is somewhat adequate. They're aiming for somewhere between 400 and 1200 ms.
I hope for them that they underpromise and overdeliver because this does not inspire confidence.
For a menu to take longer than 200ms is ridiculous. At 500ms of wait for my menu to show, the OS is getting nuked.
As for the 'inspire confidence',when was the last time MS inspired anything that was not disgust? Excluding the C-suite and some investors, of course.
“Ok, ok, we hear you, no more copilot.
Meet: sidepilot.”
User: the updates keep breaking my system, I see AI and ads everywhere and stupid electron apps use all my RAM
MS execs: I know! Let's rewrite the start menu again!
To be fair, using react for it was just an odd decision to begin with.
Plot twist: They're gonna double down on vibe coding it.
What ever happened to Windows 10 being the last OS you’d ever need?
It is the last windows I needed.
But it's true!
10 was the last one you needed. 11 and onwards is neither needed nor wanted. Also people are starting to realize the power of Linux (+Wine/Proton)
They couldn't cram as many ads as they wanted into it.
Who cares if it's true? Just ditch windows already
Exactly. Too fucking late.
I switched to Linux two years ago, never looked back and will never ever spend my own money on Microsoft products again. They violated my trust so I abandoned them.
Maybe this time my abusive spouse won’t beat me. I just need to go home. They’ve changed. They promise.
Valve: We just gonna release linux-based gaming miniPC.
The rest of the market:
first line is hilarious
'Say what you will about tech billionaires, but when their wrong they really know how to double down and lose their market share'...
For one, the sources claim that the Start menu is getting a full rewrite in WinUI 3, which will make it 60% more responsive and notably more customizable.
Customizable for whom?
Users? Advertisers?
Windows users will be soon, for the first time ever, able to put the task bar on any edge of the screen, imagine that for customization.
you could do that in XP I'm pretty sure. Can you not do that in 11?
no more copilot: i'm the pilot now
It's real this time, like really, they meant it this time... Finally!
...
So Windows 11 Service Pack 2? Or just win11.1?
I think they should call it 'The Windows 11 Apology Tour'.
How MS is a still a thing and still turns a profit is beyond me.
Vendor lock in and government bribery.
Helping Israel commit genocide, for one.
Wow, a mysterious set of updates that'll fix everything, without any release date or explanation?
Yeah nah, it'll be great if it works out but something tells me it might just not. Taking on SteamOS.... Good luck with that.
the sources claim that the Start menu is getting a full rewrite in WinUI 3, which will make it 60% more responsive
Oh good, that'll bring it all the way up to a third as responsive as the Windows 7 one was.
No, it's not Windows fault. Microsoft has problems, needs to be fixed.
They could put a built-in linux installer
The nail in the coffin for me was, when I got an add for some copilot course shit, on Microsoft teams, (this was on my work pc btw) with notifications ringing everywhere btw, on a fucking business account (I am using Linux at my household, not fucking microslop). That was IT for me. How they have the audacity to do so, is beyond me.
They figure once they have a captive audience, anything short of killing the hostage is fair game.
Did y’all miss this past week where they disabled their flagship egg-basket for 1.5 billion people on purpose?
Yeah they made Copilot chromium-browser only for about 5 days. On purpose. Or, the less charitable version is they just rolled out a bug that broke things for a massive amount of people, kept the news reports down, and waited a week before being convinced that was a Dumb As Fuck move.
Everyone has to learn this in their own ways but tech people always get there eventually: microsoft is, and always has been, awful.
It’s like learning HP printers are awful.
To be fair old HP laserjets are still good printers 20 years later.. Newer models? Trash
I had an HP laser printer pre 2000, the thing was built like a tank and just always worked
I had to buy a printer recently to replace a used one from the 90's that I'd been happily using for the past decade, and decided to go with a fairly new laser brother printer. I plugged it in and, magically, it really did just work, even on Linux.
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