Post #2463255

2026-05-12 19:56 UTC

Microsoft talks about the improvements they’re going to make to Windows 11, and then proceed to only talk about the Start Menu and File Explorer, the two things I’ve already wholly replaced and never use (with PowerToys Run and Directory Opus respectively) precisely because they’ve been shit for a decade

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@sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-12 19:58

TBF even when running macOS I used Finder replacements and custom launchers like Alfred because these things are too important to be left to OS designers without the focus to do them justice. Microsoft just did them actively badly instead of simply uninspiringly

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@SonnyBonds@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-12 20:06

@sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place I used Total Commander for yeeeears but then when I did consultancy for a while and switched computers a lot I ended up just getting used to regular File Explorer. But they managed to really downgrade it lately, which is impressive. I feel like if they put an effort in to make it better maybe they can get it back to where it was a few years ago.

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@aj@home.ajacks.net 2026-05-12 20:20

@sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place Dopus still lives?? Excellent, that takes me right back to mid-90s! 😊

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@codeandroid@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 20:27

@sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place I fear their improvements... think of Notepad.

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