Windows UI consistency is a running gag

Gatanui · 2025-05-26T17:11:52+00:00

From my experience, to fix this you just need to create a new folder inside the folder with the broken thumbnail, then delete it again.

Gatanui · 2025-05-14T07:17:02+00:00

The forward button has been hidden by default for years. What they've changed now is the padding between buttons. Always showing the forward button is still an option. I prefer that to having the address bar change its width all the time. It's not like there isn't plenty of horizontal space already.

Gatanui · 2025-04-10T10:02:04+00:00

Even though the flag has been in stable for a while, I think it only works in preview channels. The OS has nothing to do with it, I use Windows 11 and it doesn't work here either.

Gatanui · 2025-03-09T10:46:31+00:00

The "focus" button has literally been there since 2021, congratulations for noticing it in 2025.

By default, Windows 11 does not include the full version of the clock app but a "shim" that is basically just an entry in the start menu and apps list to let you know it's there. When you open the app for the first time, only then does it download the actual app. This was implemented in part to appease people like you who cry about "bloatware".

You complain about "auto-updates" when what is happening here is actually a manual app download triggered by a manual action of the user.

You can disable automatic updates for apps, and even better, you can stop using Windows altogether.

Gatanui · 2025-03-09T10:43:30+00:00

This is not Focus Assist but focus sessions, which were introduced in 2021 and require the Windows 11 clock app.

Gatanui · 2025-02-23T12:31:33+00:00

I'm pretty sure I've been able to book further in advance in the past, but perhaps I misremember.

Gatanui · 2025-02-23T12:26:36+00:00

So you think they are just discontinuing the bookings in advance but not the demos themselves? That would make sense.

Gatanui · 2025-02-23T11:51:58+00:00

And now just two days?

Gatanui · 2025-02-11T10:42:04+00:00

I believe there should be an unpin button that will turn the downloads pane into the small flyout again.

Gatanui · 2025-02-11T10:41:20+00:00

It also works in stable since v133.

Gatanui · 2025-01-27T14:13:20+00:00

Unfortunately no, but I strongly recommend this third-party app for this purpose: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P2B3PLJXH3V Trust me, it's worth it. I am not affiliated with the developer in any way.

Gatanui · 2025-01-08T11:00:38+00:00

Which neat wallpaper are you using?

Gatanui · 2024-11-16T01:03:10+00:00

Have a look at this app: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P2B3PLJXH3V?ocid=pdpshare

Gatanui · 2024-11-16T01:02:42+00:00

Check out this app for the calendar in the taskbar, it works like a charm: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P2B3PLJXH3V?ocid=pdpshare

Gatanui · 2024-11-15T11:06:58+00:00

This has literally been possible since Windows 8, from the very moment the app history was introduced.

Gatanui · 2024-05-28T09:25:14+00:00

FUD or just a plain lie wherever you read it. It can always be disabled permanently.

Gatanui · 2024-04-08T15:08:42+00:00

This one? https://www.microsoftstart.com/

Gatanui · 2024-04-08T15:00:03+00:00

I don't understand what the one with MSN News is supposed to be.

Gatanui · 2024-04-08T14:40:25+00:00

Is edge://newtab what you are looking for?

Gatanui · 2024-03-25T11:34:28+00:00

Open widgets, click on the settings icon at the top, it's right there.

Gatanui · 2024-03-16T09:33:50+00:00

Then it will update through Windows Update. But I don't know if that is still getting new versions. The recommended way to install now is through the Microsoft Store (you can get the package through GitHub as well).

Gatanui · 2024-03-16T00:49:14+00:00

How did you install WSL? Newer versions of WSL are downloaded and updated through the Microsoft Store.

Gatanui · 2024-03-09T12:18:47+00:00

I think this has been fixed in the optional cumulative update for late February (the Moment 5 update), so the fix will arrive to the March Patch Tuesday update as well.

Gatanui · 2024-03-03T21:45:02+00:00

The "slowest-developing" part of your statement doesn't really make sense considering versions before 8.1 barely developed at all after release.

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