OK Windows Updates keeps nagging me to update to Windows 11 So what actually is new or is there anything in there worth upgrading for?

I have updated to windows 11. Nothing worth it as far as I can tell, just microsoft trying to push bing and msn onto you in new ways. I'm just happy that everything I need still runs

Meh in that case I won't bother if there is nothing new to shout home about

Middle task bar on a big monitor is amazing!

I'd jump back to Windows 10 in a heartbeat personally. With Windows 11 I've used a 3rd party to reinstate labels on the task bar and the Win 10 start menu as I don't like the simplistic & limited nature of the new one

I dont use the start menu I use PowerToys it has a mac style run thingy instead

OK seems like I shouldn't bother and let it keep nagging me for now

I'm in same boat Warren ... no matter how much you nag me Microsoft, I'm staying Win 10! I'll go to latest Windows when on a new machine!

There is a "stop bothering me" button

If you all had said well there is this really cool feature that I can't live without now, then I might have considered. But sounds like a lick of paint

I click that every time! But in a few months it will try again it appears

Huh, interesting, I clicked it once and I never saw it again

This on windows 11 is the feature that comes to mind

This is cool, but not a "I can't live without" imo

What! Oh my, love Windows 11. 😅 Except for as Matt says, use PowerToys instead of start. Everything else is great now. And yeah, power users can get their context menu back as well, but as a real power user I don't use windows Explorer anyway, Directory Opus never removed my menu 😉

Yeah i can live without it, just nice, also for me the taskbar icons in the middle is amazing on the massive screen

I do like the tabbed file explorer though, that is a game changer

It's got rounded corners!

Pfff tabbed AND split view, THAT's where it's at! 🤘

I think the looks have improved quite a bit and I like the taskbar and stuff but that's really all that's changed, luckily all programming stuff still works exactly the same so upgrading won't hurt

Well it's EOL in 2 years, that's when it's time to get a new PC anyway 😉

New features I like are: - tabs in explorer - the new "snap grid" thing for snapping windows to corners (almost as good as fancy zones in power tools, but not quite) - Auto HDR for games (although this was a feature in 10, but they removed it... I haven't forgotten Microsoft!) And, if I'm being nit picky, my dislikes are: - new start menu feels useless (I was one of the weirdos who heavily used tiles to organise my programs) - volume mixer is now hidden in settings rather than it's own a popup - you can't right click the taskbar to open task manager anymore (you need to right click the start button now) - the new right click menu hides everything useful behind a "show more" button But, at the end of the day, there's not really any disadvantages to upgrading imo, every minor gripe I have with 11 can be fixed with extensions like power toys etc 😁

PowerToys is the real selling point for me. I couldn't imagine working without Run. Did you know you can make your own plugins for it? It's based on Wox (wox.one), and the Plugin API is similar - only caveat, you can only install plugins by manually dropping in dll files 🙂

Just on that. I believe a recent update restored Task Manager to the Taskbar on right-click. It’s certainly there for me now

@Owain Jones "the new right click menu hides everything useful behind a "show more" button" I fixed that somehow....

I really hate the new taskbar. I always have lots of windows open, and grouping them just kills productivity. In W10 I could disable that, but not in W11 😦 Are you saying I get can the old taskbar back with PowerTools or some other tool?

Right-click show-more can be fixed with a registry edit. I have original recipe context menus (and a left-aligned taskbar).

Gaming performance 🔥🔥🔥

Yes. I also left-aligned my taskbar 😍

Oh, also, if anyone's stuck on Win 10 and wants to use the, clearly superior, centered taskbar: https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-center-your-taskbar-icons-in-windows-10/ 🙃😉

😱

> Are you saying I get can the old taskbar back with PowerTools or some other tool? Unfortunately that's the only thing I truly hate about W11, and it can't be fixed, I tried.

Right clicking the task bar is back!

But.. CTRL+SHIFT+ESC ftw 🙂 (and CTRL+ALT+DEL can get you there as well if the system is very unresponsive, it should halt most threads for you).

Crikey - CTRL+SHIFT+ESC , that's some serious finger gymnastics.

Two fingers, easy!

Ah, that seems quicker for me.

Seb clearly games at work looking at the a and s keys 😄

It's so weird, I never ever play games, previous keyboard the c and v wore off, which is to be expected lol

Oh god, and all this time I've been torturing my hands. You just opened my eyes

Haha! you're welcome!

You could also go for one of these. Although I could imagine Seb's shortcut is better if the system is a bit unresponsive

Yeah I have the small one, still use it a lot. I would love the larger one but I just can't justify the cost! 😅

Yeah. I look at the the small one, thinking I then want the large one, and then come to the same conclusion as you.

That is very pretty! But probably same cost as a larger one! 😉

At Elgigantens website, yes

Yeah, 1800 on Amazon. Someone has an XL on DBA for 600, could be good!

Komplett has it for just below 1400 kr https://www.komplett.dk/product/1130161/hardware/tilbehoer/streaming/capture-og-streamning/elgato-stream-deck-xl

I usually only buy used if I can pick it up myself, too scared of scammers 🙂 Easier in a big city though, I know.

My streamdeck controls the light for video and that's about it. I could probably use it better to do more things. @Sebastiaan what is yours setup to do or automate ?!

Ah I have a screen for Zoom, one for Meet, one for Teams and one for Discord - basically all the videoconf shortcuts are the most important for me to have ready!

Yeh I have zoom & discord but I never end up using them :S