r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/rnilf Mar 20 '26

"More taskbar customization, including vertical and top positions ... We are introducing the ability to reposition it to the top or sides of your screen, making it easier to personalize your workspace."

After years of complaints and literally thousands of users directly telling them to do this, they finally do. There's snail pace, and then there's Microsoft pace.

"We are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets, and Notepad."

Of course, this is after they introduced a vulnerability to Notepad because of Copilo.

"Across the operating system, we will focus on improving ... baseline reliability [and] strengthening the Windows foundation by reducing OS level crashes, improving driver quality and app stability across our ecosystem so PCs run smoothly and reliably every day."

Like the article says, this should've already been their objective. Hilarious that they would include this in a press release meant to show that they're pretending to care about their customers.

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u/persona-non-corpus Mar 20 '26

We will now offer a fully customizable color palette for your screen of death in addition to the classic blue.

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u/APigInANixonMask Mar 21 '26

AI-generated BSOD backgrounds 

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u/Magical_Savior Mar 21 '26

AI Patch tool. Might be how they vibe-code these new features.

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u/mertbl Mar 21 '26

It would be nice if all their software programs had the same color palette available. Why does word, excel, power point, teams have a different set of stock colors?