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Plot twist: They're gonna double down on vibe coding it.
“Ok, ok, we hear you, no more copilot.
Meet: sidepilot.”
Valve: We just gonna release linux-based gaming miniPC.
The rest of the market:
Gamers rise up moment
But then sit back down when you see the state of IT retail
Thats the furrys problem, not the gamers
No, it's not Windows fault. Microsoft has problems, needs to be fixed.
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.
Some of the newer C# features are nice. Of course .Net is not handled by the same people who keep setting Windows on fire.
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.
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.
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?
It doesn't say that it actually does. Just knows.
*rename course.
There, fixed it. 😁
What ever happened to Windows 10 being the last OS you’d ever need?
It is the last windows I needed.
Ha gottem
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.
The same that happened to 640k of memory
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.
"drag itself back into relevancy"
They still have some like a little more than 90% market share. That seems pretty relevant to me.
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?
That was a different time when they were getting the smackdown from Janet Reno.
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.
Helping Israel commit genocide, for one.
Vendor lock in and government bribery.
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.
Actually, it seems that even killing the hostage is fair game.
Microsoft Copilot Tells User Suicide Is an Option - https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-copilot-user-suicide
Aww, and I finally just moved over to Linux.
Aww
More like "aww yeah"
Just stay on Linux. Microslop won't actually fix anything.
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.
We’re truly better off where we are
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 maybe help you feel chill about whatever you do for your next OS.)
Maybe this time my abusive spouse won’t beat me. I just need to go home. They’ve changed. They promise.
They could put a built-in linux installer
It's real this time, like really, they meant it this time... Finally!
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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'...
they never let people around them to question thier decision, its always sycophants top down.
K2, the synthetic analog of THC?
Bold move Cotton, let's see how it works out for 'em.
