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- Jun 13, 2020
Are you cool? Did Microsoft recognize your coolness and let you install Windows 11 early? Post your thoughts and experiences before everyone else, thereby making you a cutting edge TECH GOD.
I've only used it for a tiny bit, but one thing that is definitely better is the search. Windows 10 search sucked ass. It often just didn't open at all, and when it did it would give you results that made no sense.
Example: I type N. Search thinks you mean Notepad. I type O. Search thinks you mean Notepad++. I type T. Back to Notepad. Why?
Now it just goes straight to Notepad++, not recommending Notepad at all. I can still scroll down one and open Notepad, but it defaults to Notepad++ no matter how many letters I type.
10's search was also slow. 11's isn't. It won't blow your mind, but at least it finally works properly.
Other than that, I won't use widgets, I don't care that the start menu button is centered, and I think the new way of creating a "virtual desktop" is less convenient than before. I used to be able to just four finger swipe left and boom, new desktop. Now you have to four swipe UP, click to make a new virtual desktop, and then you can swipe between them. I'm guessing it's to prevent idiots from accidentally switching to a new desktop and not knowing what happened to all their dumb apps. You can still use the keyboard shortcut to instantly make one though.
Not that I ever use virtual desktops. But still. If I did, I might be slightly inconvenienced.
The UI also feels overall faster than 10's. You know how when you'd click a taskbar thing like the calendar or whatever and sometimes it would kind of hitch for absolutely no reason? Doesn't do that any more. It's more of an aesthetic improvement than anything though. That quarter of a second of delay wasn't ruining my day, it just felt crappy.
Overall recommendation: install it just for the better search, then immediately disable everything else. Or don't. Do whatever you want.
Final Rating: One Higher Than Ten, Literally And Figuratively
I've only used it for a tiny bit, but one thing that is definitely better is the search. Windows 10 search sucked ass. It often just didn't open at all, and when it did it would give you results that made no sense.
Example: I type N. Search thinks you mean Notepad. I type O. Search thinks you mean Notepad++. I type T. Back to Notepad. Why?
Now it just goes straight to Notepad++, not recommending Notepad at all. I can still scroll down one and open Notepad, but it defaults to Notepad++ no matter how many letters I type.
10's search was also slow. 11's isn't. It won't blow your mind, but at least it finally works properly.
Other than that, I won't use widgets, I don't care that the start menu button is centered, and I think the new way of creating a "virtual desktop" is less convenient than before. I used to be able to just four finger swipe left and boom, new desktop. Now you have to four swipe UP, click to make a new virtual desktop, and then you can swipe between them. I'm guessing it's to prevent idiots from accidentally switching to a new desktop and not knowing what happened to all their dumb apps. You can still use the keyboard shortcut to instantly make one though.
Not that I ever use virtual desktops. But still. If I did, I might be slightly inconvenienced.
The UI also feels overall faster than 10's. You know how when you'd click a taskbar thing like the calendar or whatever and sometimes it would kind of hitch for absolutely no reason? Doesn't do that any more. It's more of an aesthetic improvement than anything though. That quarter of a second of delay wasn't ruining my day, it just felt crappy.
Overall recommendation: install it just for the better search, then immediately disable everything else. Or don't. Do whatever you want.
Final Rating: One Higher Than Ten, Literally And Figuratively
