[cucumb3rrelish]

They redesigned the app store, the settings, the file manager, added android emulation and changed the update cycle. it's also snappy with more agressive caching from what i heard. the search was also overhauled to be faster and more relevant

i would have loved for them to include more privacy and security features instead of the widgets panel for instance (which only allows microsoft services anyways so far) but it still looks like a decent release

[misnome]

> the settings

Did they actually redesign it this time, or just redesigned - again - the "most common" options and fall back to the old version, old version+2, old version +4 etc for any of the more detailed panes....

[banana_giraffe]

Reminds me:

https://youtu.be/-rwoPiM-8Qk?t=305

They're doing the same thing with the Explorer context menu, hiding the old options behind another layer.

[misnome]

Oh no, that's awful. 7Zip is the perfect example to demonstrate that.

(not too taken with the plus it gets in that video for windows terminal, which has been available for ages)

[polytely]

I guess I'm staying on windows 10 until 2025

[cucumb3rrelish]

full redesign, it's significantly better than before

[plopz]

what does the network adapter options look like now?

[TingPing]

Its still split across like 3 dialogs from 3 eras.

[WorldMaker]

The Widgets Panel seems like the place that Live Tiles have gone to die. Outside of the "new AI widgets" they keep trying to hype the rest of the apps that show up there are just Live Tiles apps showing their old Live Tiles in new slightly more rounded boxes.

[byproxy]

I’d say the first two things you listed fall under “slight refresh to the desktop environment”, but, yea… forgot about the Android emulation. That’s pretty cool. And the last couple of things you mentioned are certainly welcome improvements.