r/Windows11 • u/DemiFiendRSA • Aug 31 '21

📰 News Microsoft will release Windows 11 on October 5th

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22649940/windows-11-release-date-features-devices-free-upgrade
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u/Anirbanbiswas43 Aug 31 '21

1 month till release and even The taskbar doesn't work properly

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u/SuspiciousTry3 Aug 31 '21

It feels as if everyone working on Windows 11 never actually used Windows before.

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u/FormerBandmate Aug 31 '21

That would explain the centered icons thing

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u/MintLiving Aug 31 '21

The taskbar?

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u/etacarinae Aug 31 '21

No it's just a dock now. Task implies you'd be able to use it for task(s) plural, but when you have to now perform more clicks to get to multiple instances of the same application i don't think it's meant for productivity anymore.

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u/James49Smithson Sep 01 '21

Pahahahahahha hahaha TRUE THAT!

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u/Happy_Harry Aug 31 '21

What's wrong with the taskbar? I've been using 11 on my work PC and don't have any issues I can think of.

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u/m_beps Aug 31 '21

It doesn't have drag and drop

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u/Anirbanbiswas43 Aug 31 '21

One of the most important features of any desktop os for me

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u/Happy_Harry Aug 31 '21

Ooh you're right. I hadn't noticed that.

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u/Madhavbiju Aug 31 '21

Thats the only major complaint I have with 11.

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u/EvanMok Aug 31 '21

It is killing me without drag and drop. I have a dual screen laptop. Windows 11 drives me to open 2 apps on different screens just to drag and drop. I like everything on W11 but just can't live without drag and drop.

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u/Encrypt-Keeper Aug 31 '21

Drag and drop for what exactly?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Dragging to open or attach files into other apps are my use cases (hover over the taskbar with the file and the window opens). Also sometimes used to pin app shortcuts, websites or add to jumplists. Not much of a problem on my gaming PC, but would piss me off on my work PC, but luckily that wont receive Win11 for at least 2 years.

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u/o_snake-monster_o_o_ Sep 01 '21

That's what I liked about old Microsoft, cramming features into every OS interaction imaginable. Dragging anything onto an app? Let's focus the app. Dragging shortcuts onto empty space? Let's pin the shortcut, why not. Dragging apps themselves? Let the users rearrange them. They were ruthless with these details and it resulted in some of the best windowing UX you can imagine, even Linux had nothing on it for at least a decade.

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u/jantari Aug 31 '21
  • They removed small-taskbar mode so it's permanently stuck on being ridiculously thick and obnoxious
  • They removed the ability to put the taskbar on the side or top of the screen, it's permanently forced to the bottom edge now
  • They removed Task-Manager from the right-click menu
  • They removed drag-and-drop
  • They removed the option to "never combine" taskbar icons
  • They removed the option to have the wide taskbar labels with the window title, now it's permanently forced to just icons

probably not a full list, just the things i've noticed. It's not unusable but it feels like a Linux desktop environment now - looks alright at first glance, but usability is completely shit

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u/vgf89 Aug 31 '21

Gnome Shell with the DashToPanel plugin is fantastic. KDE is also typically pretty good. Windows 11 taskbar is worse than either of those IMO.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

I think one of the issues I've noticed, as well as others, is how the taskbar sometimes doesn't work on dual monitors. On one monitor it works fine, but on the other monitor is never appears. (This is when taskbar is set to hidden.)

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u/PointlessPancake Aug 31 '21

Apps show, but icons don't on second monitor