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Windows 11 is getting a new start menu. EDIT: this replaces the "all apps" page by default, not the home screem (lemmy.zip)
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More info about it here: https://www.ghacks.net/2024/08/13/windows-11-start-menu-is-getting-a-new-layout-to-organize-your-apps/

I love how microsoft never learns their lessons.

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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Looks like someone at Microsoft saw someone's iPad and went "That's what we need! Icons in boxes that need an extra click to be used!" and their MBA boss figures they'll get a bonus for "increasing user engagement" by making everything take two actions instead of one now.

Sigh.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

200%+ engagement ratio

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Llol, it’s funny but also probably true. God I hate statistics and MBAs.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

From the linked article:

One interesting thing about it is that clicking on an icon instantly launches the app, without opening the folder.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t that what start menu icons do already?

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah but soon they'll be automatically grouped together into something that looks like folders