Since its release a few months ago, Windows 11 has got somewhat mixed up with various bugs and even deliberate design choices that annoy users. Now it looks like Microsoft is trying to fix some of these issues. As The Verge reports, a new update for Windows Insiders (users who signed up to try out older versions of Windows) added the clock and date to the taskbar on multiple monitors.
Many users who have more than one monitor have complained that the date and time are not showing in the system tray of their secondary monitor, only on the primary monitor. It might sound like a minor complaint, but it bothered a lot of people. This has caused some third-party apps to use date and time recovery, but now Microsoft seems to add an official option to add date and time information to multiple monitors.
Start me up
The Verge also reports that a new version Insider (it’s not clear if the update and the new version are the same) is tweaking the Windows 11 Start menu, giving users more configuration options in terms of shortcuts. and recommendations. pinned apps.
The Start menu is one of the most used items in Windows which means that users can protect it a lot. Any changes Microsoft made to how it worked could upset a lot of people, which it did with Windows 8, and Windows 11 made some unwanted changes as well.
The Settings app has also been extended to offer more options than you would normally find in Control Panel, including Network Discovery and Printer Sharing. It’s part of Microsoft’s ambition to phase out the Control Panel, which has been part of Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985, and replace it with the modern Settings app.
Of course, removing a feature that some people have been using for 36 years could re-create tensions between Microsoft and its customers. You have to be careful, it seems that the migration of Control Panel tools to the Settings app is slow.
Analysis: righting wrongs
When Windows 11 was released, a number of changes to the operating system compared to its predecessor Windows 10 frustrated many users.
Thanks to Microsoft for listening to the comments and for some of their more controversial changes, adding options that allow users to get back to working Windows 10. This is certainly a good thing, as it gives users more freedom. options. how to use Windows 11 instead of just undoing your changes; After all, some people will appreciate the changes made by Windows 11.
However, there is still work to be done. Some of the more annoying and confusing changes to Windows 11, like the inability to drag and drop app shortcuts to the system tray, have yet to be fixed, although Microsoft appears to be working on it. a fix for that.
As we found out in our review of Windows 11, the new operating system seems like a work in progress, and that’s a good thing. So if there’s something you don’t like about Windows 11, be patient, as Microsoft might try to change that in a future update.
