Marcus Ash

@Zugeralis You should touch grass more often.

@marcusash The forced positive media push doe windows is pathetic. You clearly have dug your own grave for the last 15 years and now want to gaslight users into thinking its not hot garbage. Get fucked, microsloppers

One thing I appreciate about accessibility work in Windows is how many different forms it can take.   Not everyone needs the same thing from their PC, or even the same thing in every moment.   Earlier this week, we shared some of our latest work using haptics to make interactions across Windows feel more meaningful.    Today’s Windows Insider Preview releases are good examples of that same idea: making the screen easier to look at for longer, making a braille display simpler to connect, and helping Voice Access focus on your voice when there is noise around you.   All built with the same goal: designing Windows to meet people where they are and adapt to more of their needs.   Link to blog: blogs.windows.com/windows-inside…

@tinrocha @DDame 👀

@marcusash Very useful improvements. In the case of screen tint, a time-of-day reaction option (like f.lux app) would be a good addition.

@tigkindel Been using it everyday too. The agent to agent messaging + remote access is great.

The Github Copilot GUI app is really good.

@techosarusrex @Denny_Zenny @marchr Looking forward to the day we can tag you on this one @techosarusrex.

@Denny_Zenny @marcusash @marchr Agreed

@marcusash @marchr One thing I hope to see in Windows 11 soon is a new Autoplay dialog update since it hasn't been redesigned since Windows 8, please 🙂🙂🙂🙂

@Coobyk_ @cadenzza_ It's a marketing comp bug, not a product bug. Looks like it was in some announcements last Spring. If you see this somewhere on the Web or there is an actual alignment issue on your Start screen, let me know.

@cadenzza_ @marcusash I'd be happy to see this fixed)))

WHY'S IT MISALIGNED BY THREE PIXELS 😭😭😭

@MichaelBabich @jdrr1998 @phantomofearth Yes, that mouse works today. Logitech has been a great partner. There are capabilities in retail builds you can try with today with this mouse and more are coming soon.

@jdrr1998 @marcusash @phantomofearth Logitech MX Master 4 has haptic feedback integrated. Hope, the new haptic feature in W11 would work with the mouse.

One of my favorite (new) features we have designed into the Windows shell. How should Windows "feel" so various operations like snapping windows feel fluid? Coming to more PCs and peripherals soon!

@zacbowden @bacadd We reparented the feature gate for Drag and Drop haptics. If you unlock the feature gate again it should work. The team asked how does he find these things? If it is somewhere in a WIP build, assume Zac will find it. Or maybe he can read our minds. Not sure sometimes. LOL.

@marcusash @bacadd Ah, good to know. Thanks for the clarity! It appears to be missing with drag and drop in FE currently though, I really liked that implementation before.

@bacadd not sure if you're the right person to ask about this, but I noticed that the haptic signals feature in the latest Insider preview build lost some of the places where it was previously appearing? It's no longer present when you hover over the X in app windows or when dragging files in File Explorer, but it's still present when snapping apps. Was it removed deliberately or just an error?

@SonofNun @pavandavuluri Yes, working on both right now as part of our Perf/Quality/Craft push. @pavandavuluri and I just reviewed progress on this area with the team yesterday and excited to see changes roll out soon to improve Windows Hello in both of these areas.

@marcusash @pavandavuluri Not sure where to send this feedback about the Windows lock screen/Windows Hello: 1. When Windows Hello is trying to recognize my face, I'd love it if the pin entry would also be available so I can quickly bypass it if it is struggling (commonly in low lighting) instead of either waiting for it to fail or needing to click "Sign in options" then the Pin button. 2. Can Windows Hello face recognition in low-light scenarios please get fixed so #1 is less of a problem? Thanks!

Jen’s tips are a gift to us all.

Back in the day...

Another ask I hear in our Windows Insider events is connecting to our design + research team to give feedback. So here we go...

@PdroPM @bacadd From our first event in Seattle to now, we are moving Pedro. Looking forward to your feedback. More to come as we continue in areas like Search improvements.

@bacadd @marcusash Finally here

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

Continuing to work through updating the details while landing other improvements like taskbar positioning.

@DiogoCSousa @zacbowden @alecoot Good flag @zacbowden. We hit a bug on enabling Copilot on Taskbar with the switch over of channels. It requires multiple velocity keys to enable. Team is working on it now, no ETA yet.

@zacbowden @alecoot @marcusash This delay may be related with the merger of Copilot consumer and enterprise teams. But yes, clarification would be great.

@alecoot @marcusash are there any plans to go back and add some older already announced Insider features to the feature flags page? Ask Copilot on the Taskbar is one example that comes to mind. Was announced months ago but it's not in the feature flags list at current.