A freshly installed copy of Windows has a default browser installed that is not Chrome and a default search engine that is not Google.
People actually need to jump through some rather annoying hoops to set Google as their default search on PCs, and apparently they do it anyway.
Your assertion is factually false.
Have you started planning your move away from Windows entirely?
I work exclusively with Linux in my day job so I'm familiar with its benefits and flaws. I loathe and detest most of its popular window managers and use Cinnamon for its Windows-like taskbar.
At home I am 100% Windows though. Sorry, but in my leisure time I prefer an OS where almost everything works to an OS where everything almost works. <snicker>
Ok AC, so what you're basically saying is fuck you, I don't care if this is how you've been working for the past quarter century, you're wrong and it's time to adapt to today's bullshit useless GUI junk because that's how all the hip dude(tte)s work. Fair enough, but don't expect me to agree.
In my opinion the taskbar is the single most important element of the desktop user experience. I'm not going to repeat my rant from 9 months ago on why I think Win11 cemented its status as a useless screen real estate hog (you can read it at https://slashdot.org/comments.... ).
As far as I can see none of these issues have been addressed in any recent update, so it looks like I'm sticking with Win10 for as long as possible.
Can't disagree with any of that, but good luck installing Windows 7 on a new computer.
No. My original question asked, and I quote, for a story about an American who was mistreated or attacked in Israel. You responded with one event that happened in international waters and one that happened in Gaza. I did not redefine the question, and if there's one of us who's being a fucking troll it's not me.
Still waiting to hear a story of an American who was hurt, in Israel (Gaza is not in Israel), and not by an Arab and not as part of some horrible wartime incident. You disputed a claim that Americans are as safe in Israel as a local citizen would be; back it up with something real.
Seriously, is that the best you've got? Something that happened 55 years ago?!
Has your country intervened in this war? If not, shut up.
You're either a liar or a fool. Perhaps both.
Is this some gut feeling or are you able to back up this sentiment with a story about an American who was mistreated or attacked in Israel? (assuming the attacker was not one of your "Palestinian" darlings of course.)
Interestingly Israel is evil when it sells Pegasus spyware, and now it's evil for not selling it. And who is Israel supposed to sell it to? Ukraine, a country that has voted against Israel in every UN resolution in recent history? Not exactly allies. Israel has a lot to lose getting involved in a war against Russia, especially considering the fact that Russia literally has a military presence bordering Israel (in Syria).
Of course while Israel does send humanitarian aid to Ukraine and even accepts refugees, the Palestinians march in the street in support of Putin, and still Israel is the evil one. Hypocrisy is everywhere.
Microsoft got the taskbar right in Windows 95, and perfected it in Windows 98 with the addition of customizable toolbars. It's been mostly downhill since then, and yet with a few mouse clicks you could always, thankfully, restore it to the Win98 behavior. That is, until Win11 came along and removed the relevant options.
Keep in mind that as long as you're not playing a game or watching full-screen video, the taskbar is the only GUI element that's present on the screen 100% of the time. That makes it the single most important part of the GUI and therefore it should be designed with great care. Breaking it breaks the entire user experience.
I believe the taskbar should be:
- Informative. It's supposed to give me a good idea of what the computer is doing right now and what programs and windows are open.
- Functional. It should, you know, let me do stuff like quickly switch between open windows and easily start often-used applications.
- Not too large. The taskbar reduces available screen height, and with today's wide monitors we have precious little of it to begin with.
- Pretty. It's going to be there *all* the time, it shouldn't be an eyesore.
With Win11 MS have basically thrown all those values out except the last one, and even that's debatable.
First of all, the taskbar is very large and the option to "use small taskbar buttons" (which reduces its height) is gone.
The "combine taskbar buttons" option is also gone. In Win10 I set it to "Never", to keep separate windows as separate icons and enable text labels - an option which has disappeared for no explainable reason. Having to perform two clicks to switch to a desired window (first on its icon, then on the square representing the particular instance) is a huge inconvenience. The text label is informative and important, the icons become almost meaningless without it.
Finally there is no longer the option to add a toolbar containing shortcuts to commonly used programs. I don't want to see these icons on the taskbar when the program is not running (an annoying design concept copied from OSX), but I really like the ability to have a little popup menu with a bunch of commonly used shortcuts. This too is sadly gone.
Finally the various tray controls (network, sound volume, screen brightness etc) have been poorly redesigned from the not-bad Win10. For example, the ability to click the volume icon to quickly adjust the volume with the mouse wheel is gone (you now have to carefully hover over the appropriate slider first, an annoying extra step).
With these abilities missing the taskbar has basically become a large ribbon taking a significant portion of the screen while giving very little in return.
Thankfully Microsoft have made it very easy to uninstall Win11 and revert to Win10, this was the only pleasant part of my brief Win11 experience.
I'm sure they're working on it as we speak. A reformulated vaccine targeting the new variants has been six weeks away for the past year and a half or so.
Been there, done that, JFK customs were courteous but unfortunately rather firm about me having to part ways with my precious food.
Here's an article that answers most of the points you raise:
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora...
However it is a little over a month old, here's something more recent:
The Palestinians have not publicly requested vaccines from Israel and say they are securing their own supplies through the WHO and contracts with pharmaceutical companies. The PA acknowledged the receipt of 2,000 doses on Monday — the first batch of vaccines sent by Israel — but did not say where they came from.
https://apnews.com/article/isr...
So basically the Palestinians are not interested in anything coming from Israel, and won't even acknowledge what they do receive. This is pretty much the limit of the level of "cooperation" that can be expected.
Were there fewer fools, knaves would starve. - Anonymous
