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>>beezle+(OP)
So far in the last year or so, I've heard 0 reasons why I'd even need, want or benefit from Win11 over Win10. Tons of reasons in the negative column though. There isn't even anything to salivate over that might make you think it might be worth it to deal with the other tradeoffs. Hard pass.

>>cronix+Te
I updated to 11 on my laptop but kept 10 on my main machine. I see zero reason to update my main computer to 11. I was willing to give centered start button a try but the fact that you can't turn off grouping of applications in the taskbar is a deal breaker. If I have two firefox windows open I want to know it and to be able to pick which one I want without having to hover my mouse over the icon for a second while the picture of the windows pops up.

So I installed Explorer patcher to get the old taskbar back https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

Other than that the only feature of 11 that I have used is the snap zones. And I guess if I want that I can install the power toy it is based on.

>>jccalh+Ys
The centered start menu is terrible UX. In 10 you just move your mouse to the bottom corner, where in 11 the position changes. Of course, everyone except your grandma knows you can just press the windows key on your keyboard to open the menu. But grandma is also the person least likely to have the dexterity to hit the tiny button in the middle left of the screen.

>>aufheb+xi1
I think the grandma case is just made up. I've seen older people use win11 just fine, they aren't so incompetent that they can't click a button on their task bar. If they are having trouble with that, then even if they could get to the windows button easily in the corner, they'd have a tricky job clicking any of the things that come up in the windows menu which are all the same size, and now, not even aligned to the bottom edge of the screen! Poor Grandma :)

Also on big screens the centered taskbar is great

>>keithn+Vz1
This isn't about being competent this is about stuff in corners of the screen being easier to hit.

>>contra+LB1
Right. Specifically, a target in the corner of the screen has effectively infinite size with regards to Fitts's law:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law#Implications_for...