Browsing through photographs and videos has become easier and I can do some basic editing on the photographs.
The Photos programme has never been the best way to browse through snaps, especially the way it syncs with OneDrive. Microsoft has ironed out another criticism from the past. I see a lot of potential for widgets in the coming days. You can change the length of the widget and not the width while the implantation is very good. There is the simple weather app, photos and so on.
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There are many widgets in Windows 11 and you can use the shortcut Windows + W to bring them up easily. When you are in office mode, work on the office desktop, then there can be the personal desktop and maybe a gaming/entertainment desktop, each with separate icons. Instead of throwing all the icons on one desktop, spread them over two or three desktops. You are using the computer for office as well as personal work and want to keep the two lives separate. Though not my preferred way of working but I dig the idea. There is also an option to have multiple desktops. If I am a video creator, it would be great if Windows can highlight those 10-12 apps that are important to a video creator maybe I will check them out.
What would have been better (and maybe it will happen in the future) is if Windows starts showing apps that are important to me. And you can get rid of any app by right clicking on the icon and choosing ‘uninstall’. You may say that this is bloatware that hasn’t been installed but I don’t look at it that way because the company is showcasing apps that are interesting. On clicking them they get actively downloaded from the Microsoft Store. When you click on it, there are the usual native apps that show on the menu and also third-party apps. There’s something interesting going on in the Start menu. Instead of swiping down to access the control centre, here you click and it pops up to reveal options the way we have become used to.
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Now it feels like you are using an Android phone. On Windows 10, there are icons for speaker, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, attached devices and so on. The other part I’m enjoying about Windows 11 is the control centre on the bottom-right corner. Plus, settings is “now” searchable, meaning you can easily find what you are looking for. The settings panel has been completely overhauled and there are proper visual representations, like if you want to make changes to the taskbar, everything happens seamlessly, complete with animation.
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This has been a demand for long and many people have switched loyalty because it’s never easy to find anything on Windows 8 or Windows 10. It’s ever so slightly transparent, giving a hint of what’s behind the box, which is just perfect. A bigger change is the level of transparency each menu or app comes with. Some of the other things I have noticed: The square corners of the boxes have been rounded off while the scroll bar expands when you hover the mouse pointer over it, both of which add to the smartness of the OS. It’s as if you are in the world of smartphones but on a bigger screen. Now things are super smooth and the experience is closer to using a smartphone where scrolling is instantaneous. Earlier, each movement of the scroll wheel on the mouse allowed to scroll text or menus a little bit at a time there was something jittery about the experience. Say ‘hello’ to animations, which are quick and snappy, making the overall design come alive.Ī lot of small changes have been made that add up to offer a big change. Windows has always been fast but somehow MacOS has felt faster because of the high degree of animation, which has been missing or poorly implemented on previous versions of Windows. There’s fluidity, which gives a feeling of speed. There is much more to Windows 11 than the Start button shifting to the centre.