Diego Baca

@Coobyk_ As others have confirmed, this is NOT a screenshot of the actual product. In Windows 11, these elements are correctly aligned. If folks find any alignment issues: 1) first check the build and confirm, and 2) if there is an issue, tag me. Have a great weekend.

WHY'S IT MISALIGNED BY THREE PIXELS 😭😭😭

@zAlphii @aSteveParker Regarding CPU usage, I am only seeing a very small CPU spike when the menu opens and then CPU usage quickly does down.

@bacadd @aSteveParker it covers half the screen and has literally zero information density and also why cant i change the groups at the bottom? why does it double my CPU usage whenever i open it?

Two Windows devices, (same exact build) two different Start menus. Yay Microsoft!

@zAlphii @aSteveParker You will be able to achieve what you want when we ship all the customization options I outlined on the blog. You can enable the pins only section (hide the others) and create your own folders naming them whatever you like.

@IykeMbala @Studio384 Yes, that’s a known issue. We are still polishing, the final version will have this fixed.

@Studio384 @bacadd

Ooh Microsoft...

@TarasBuria @zacbowden Yeah we are still working on the notifications/calendar panel. It has the most states.

@bacadd @zacbowden Also, the calendar flyout still shows up at the bottom, which is a bit counter-intuitive

Liking the new Taskbar placement options! But it would be nice if notifications also moved with the Taskbar. When it's at the top, I think it would make more sense if notifications also came in at the top.

@XenoPanther NoPe

Let's hope Windows doesn't return back to Windows 8.x where EVERYTHING WAS IN CAPS!

@MD_VanNostrand @zacbowden None of the basic details are ignored. I read every single comment and suggestion.

@zacbowden Oh my god can Microsoft do anything without half-assing it? I know it's an early build and yadda yadda but mark my words a lot of these basic details will be completely ignored by them

@zacbowden 💡

@DEATH4METAL ✅

Your PC, your way 🎉. Rolling out more personalization improvements to Windows Insiders, including moving your taskbar to any edge of the screen, and making taskbar smaller. Read on to see what you can start trying today in the Experimental channel 👇: aka.ms/WIPTaskbarStart

@dotMorten Ah ok, from the search results. I will pass along that feedback.

@bacadd Well I turned most of it off, but I still get a bunch of results that are irrelevant to the start menu and isn't something that is actually on my PC

@dotMorten Can you give me an example? Web searches do not show up on the Start menu.

@bacadd Sweet. Could we also have an easy setting for turning off all the websearch content in the start menu instead of several semi-secret registry keys? (if I want to go on the internet I'll open the browser). It's just clutter when trying to launch an app.

@CyberLarsen @XenoPanther File a bug using Win+F please 🙏 we are still fixing bugs and polishing the experience. Thank you!

@XenoPanther It does not look as good on my windows. The start-menu throws itself behind the taskbar, so ugly.

This looks really good

@JohnDoritosKane 💡I love the suggestion. 🙌

@bacadd Interesting. That taskbar deserves a dedicated blog post covering its history if there isn't one already. I love Microsoft history pieces.

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@JohnDoritosKane The taskbar was modernized during Windows 11 to support better animations, more states, and several other features. So we could not reuse that old code.

@bacadd Serious question: were you able to port that code from Windows 95 or did the code need to be rewritten for Windows 11 because so much time has passed?

@emirjour You can go to settings and add the battery percentage. It shows to the right or underneath the battery icon, depending where the taskbar is positioned.

@bacadd Hey Diego, @bacadd Would you consider adding a percentage indicator to the battery icon, like on smartphones (e.g., iPhones)? I think it would look great on laptops. I hope you'll consider this, thank you.

@thebookisclosed @XenoPanther The challenge is for people who use keyboard navigation with win+x it might feel weird. Again this is an area I want to hear what people think.

@thebookisclosed @XenoPanther We went back and forth on this. This design retains mouse travel distance compared to bottom aligned. But will be curious what people think :)

@bacadd sorry to bother you again but is the win+x menu options appearing upside down intended behaviour?