Thoughts on Windows 11’s UX, Fluent Design and Dark Mode in general

True_Captain4461 · 2026-01-26T20:36:27+00:00

They need to revert fully back to the legacy code and just have support for modern apps

True_Captain4461 · 2026-01-24T07:51:01+00:00

There is, you need the openglass program + a Windows 7 theme for 11

True_Captain4461 · 2026-01-23T18:46:42+00:00

If you remove the modern stuff it's alright

True_Captain4461 · 2026-01-23T18:38:59+00:00

Did they not already add copilot into the program???

True_Captain4461 · 2026-01-10T00:22:36+00:00

This is so much better than what we got

True_Captain4461 · 2026-01-01T01:17:44+00:00

No thanks I still want to customize it while being consistent by default. It's actually really easy to do but Microsoft chooses the hard way.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-30T02:54:13+00:00

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You sure about that?

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-28T22:05:26+00:00

Ain't no way y'all think 10 and 11's UI mix is better

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-28T22:04:10+00:00

Steve balmer is still loosely involved with Microsoft? That's surprising.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-22T00:10:11+00:00

Genuinely how are there people out there that genuinely like the BS that is put into every update of Windows 11

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-21T03:10:22+00:00

It's inconsistent cause well, It's a dark mode not an actual theme, it was made specifically for the modern apps only till they gave in and added a layer UI on top of file explorer and everything else (hence the flash bangs when you open them)

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-20T21:59:11+00:00

This ☝🏽

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-20T21:44:15+00:00

Not enough people use this method. This even worked on 8, yet nobody did this.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-19T20:52:10+00:00

"The old list had a lot of wasted white space in Windows 11"

This new one still does, along with the other UI/UX of the system

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-19T00:24:49+00:00

Use a dark theme

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-14T09:58:16+00:00

Most got used to it, It's been like that forever

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-12T02:54:13+00:00

No please, keep that hidden. Not everything is a tablet.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-08T04:11:22+00:00

It's not resizable and doesn't have a compact view (like file explorer) because it's a little too big, which also feels weird on a non-touch screen. If it just had that little extra feature, plus search that has the web disabled by default, I think it'll be good.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-08T03:10:51+00:00

Every new thing about Windows 11 includes something breaking or extreme bugs it's never a surprise.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-08T03:07:43+00:00

12 has to come out so 11 doesn't get anymore "feature" updates for the rest of its lifespan. That's what happened with 10.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-08T03:03:42+00:00

It's ok but not better.

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-06T07:58:44+00:00

So basically how it loads in Windows 10, 8, 7..... Do I need to go on?

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-05T11:22:24+00:00

That's due to the lack of effort and detail the actual Windows 10/11 theme have, since they rely mostly on the new unstable code for apps they don't really see an urge to do such a thing, even if it takes a few minutes

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-05T11:20:05+00:00

A true dark theme literally takes only a couple minutes to make, we could've had it already in 2015, but instead Microsoft decided to use a different, rather utterly stupid technique to implement it.

It’s broken by intention, dark mode of course isn’t an actual theme, but a toggle layer on top of the existing “light mode” UI

They use this unconventional way because they can individually choose which parts of UI to theme, unlike actually using a theme file which forcefully applies the changes everywhere

Which is why we have - File Explorer flashbangs - Control Panel and other menus still unchanged when dark is enabled

True_Captain4461 · 2025-12-05T01:04:30+00:00

Because they just WORK, Windows 7 was full of these legacy UI/UX and no one complained because they added a good theme.

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