In 2009, Microsoft made it a focus of the Windows 7 user experience guidelines to reduce pointless notifications. They point out notifications like the classic “There are unused icons on your desktop” as being in the Windows 😜 Hall of Shame™. Seriously, it’s in there: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/uxguide/mess-notif

In 2026, Windows interrupts you to ask if you want to clean up printers you haven’t used in a while. The intent is unclear (which printers?), there are too many choices, and it stays visible until you click an option.

For a good while, Microsoft were limping their way to good UX, and this doc was finally a clear set of guidelines. Now, it feels like they’ve slipped back into the Windows 😜 Hall of Shame™ era, and any good UX they happen to come up with is an accident.

#windows #windows11

👋 Sur #LinkedIn, j'ai vu une énième publication où l'auteur parle de #WinGet comme une révolution pour la gestion des paquets sous #Microsoft #Windows.

Non, mais, sérieusement ?! Windows, dans bien des domaines, a des décennies de retard sur GNU/Linux (et concernant ce point, environ 30 ans, rien que ça).

C'est vraiment comique de voir ces gens s'extasier devant une nouveauté qui n'en est en réalité pas du tout une.

Grand bien leur fasse !

Notons aussi que Winget n'a pas de GUI.

#Windows11

In 2009, Microsoft made it a focus of the Windows 7 user experience guidelines to reduce pointless notifications. They point out notifications like the classic “There are unused icons on your desktop” as being in the Windows 😜 Hall of Shame™. Seriously, it’s in there: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/uxguide/mess-notif

In 2026, Windows interrupts you to ask if you want to clean up printers you haven’t used in a while. The intent is unclear (which printers?), there are too many choices, and it stays visible until you click an option.

For a good while, Microsoft were limping their way to good UX, and this doc was finally a clear set of guidelines. Now, it feels like they’ve slipped back into the Windows 😜 Hall of Shame™ era, and any good UX they happen to come up with is an accident.

#windows #windows11

Oramai con una certa frequenza passa qualcuno allo sportello di assistenza settimanale di ILS #Torino per farsi installare Ubuntu (o similari).
Motivo: il computer non è compatibile con #Windows11, ma non hanno intenzione di cambiarlo.
Grazie, #Microsoft.
https://torino.ils.org/

Oramai con una certa frequenza passa qualcuno allo sportello di assistenza settimanale di ILS #Torino per farsi installare Ubuntu (o similari).
Motivo: il computer non è compatibile con #Windows11, ma non hanno intenzione di cambiarlo.
Grazie, #Microsoft.
https://torino.ils.org/

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too

https://www.notebookcheck.net/I-dumped-Windows-11-for-Linux-and-you-should-too.1190961.0.html

#HackerNews #Linux #Windows11 #Switch #OpenSource #Freedom

Me swinging a backpack carrying my 12 yo thinkpad against an invading army.

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-tells-windows-10-users-trade-in-pc/

#plannedobsolescence #sustainability #windows11

Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11

https://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-may-have-created-the-slowest-windows-in-25-years-with-windows-11/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #Windows #Windows11 #SlowPerformance #TechNews

💰 Almost 3 years later, it's time to admit that Microsoft Copilot was a mistake

｢ Despite the continual issues with Windows 11 - seriously, it feels like every week something else breaks - Microsoft seems more deeply committed to cramming AI into every nook and cranny of the OS rather than taking the time to fine-tune it and actually provide a genuinely better user experience ｣

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/almost-3-years-later-its-time-to-admit-that-microsoft-copilot-was-a-mistake

#copilot #windows11 #ai

💰 Almost 3 years later, it's time to admit that Microsoft Copilot was a mistake

｢ Despite the continual issues with Windows 11 - seriously, it feels like every week something else breaks - Microsoft seems more deeply committed to cramming AI into every nook and cranny of the OS rather than taking the time to fine-tune it and actually provide a genuinely better user experience ｣

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/almost-3-years-later-its-time-to-admit-that-microsoft-copilot-was-a-mistake

#copilot #windows11 #ai

💩 Ce matin, j'ai installé une #VM #Microsoft #Windows 11 "from scratch" sur ma machine pro sous #Linux Mint (installé cette semaine à la place d' #Ubuntu), pour effectuer des tests et démonstrations parfois nécessaires dans le cadre du support et des formations.

Ça faisait un moment que je n'avais pas fait ça. Punaise, mais quel enfer 🔥 !

Tout ce process immonde qui vise à nous "enfermer", à nous vendre 💰 des choses, et à vampiriser 🥷 nos données.

#GAFAM #Windows11 #Windows10 #LinuxMint

Windows 11 Outperforming Linux on an Intel Arrow Lake H Laptop

https://www.phoronix.com/review/windows-beats-linux-arl-h

#HackerNews #Windows11 #LinuxPerformance #IntelArrowLake #TechNews

2025 was a disaster for Windows 11 as bugs and intrusive features erode trust

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/2025-has-been-an-awful-year-for-windows-11-with-infuriating-bugs-and-constant-unwanted-features

#HackerNews #Windows11 #Disaster #Bugs #TrustIssues #IntrusiveFeatures #TechNews

#Microsoft denies rewriting #Windows11 using #AI after an employee’s “one engineer, one month, one million #code” post on #LinkedIn causes outrage

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-denies-rewriting-windows-11-using-ai-after-an-employees-one-engineer-one-month-one-million-code-post-on-linkedin-causes-outrage/

#cybersecurity #Windows

#Microsoft denies rewriting #Windows11 using #AI after an employee’s “one engineer, one month, one million #code” post on #LinkedIn causes outrage

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-denies-rewriting-windows-11-using-ai-after-an-employees-one-engineer-one-month-one-million-code-post-on-linkedin-causes-outrage/

#cybersecurity #Windows

Microsoft denies rewriting Windows 11 in Rust using AI

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-denies-rewriting-windows-11-using-ai-after-an-employees-one-engineer-one-month-one-million-code-post-on-linkedin-causes-outrage/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #Rust #AI #Windows11 #Denial #HackerNews #TechNews

Someone close to me purchased a new computer just recently. His previous computer was Windows 10, which he liked. I warned him that Windows 11 was a different beast and he could expect a lot more spying, copilot in everything, less customization, and even ads in the start menu.

Apparently he agreed with me and he has started testing the Linux Mint Live Image today. He seems to like it. He said it was much easier to use than he expected and it is very fast.

It makes me smile that another person I know has found their way to Linux.

#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #LinuxMint #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Privacy #noai #ai #Copilot

｢ Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft's head of communications, told Windows Latest that the company has no such plans. Hunt subsequently edited his LinkedIn post to clarify that "Windows is NOT being rewritten in Rust with AI" and that his team's work is a research project focused on building technology to enable language-to-language migration. He characterized the reaction as "speculative reading between the lines." ｣

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1819240/microsoft-says-its-not-planning-to-use-ai-to-rewrite-windows-from-c-to-rust

#rust #windows11 #ai

Someone close to me purchased a new computer just recently. His previous computer was Windows 10, which he liked. I warned him that Windows 11 was a different beast and he could expect a lot more spying, copilot in everything, less customization, and even ads in the start menu.

Apparently he agreed with me and he has started testing the Linux Mint Live Image today. He seems to like it. He said it was much easier to use than he expected and it is very fast.

It makes me smile that another person I know has found their way to Linux.

#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #LinuxMint #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Privacy #noai #ai #Copilot