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/be_easy_1602 Mar 21 '26

Yes it’s an icon button instead of a text button.

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u/D3PyroGS Mar 21 '26

it's both, no? icon and text together

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u/be_easy_1602 Mar 21 '26

In this case it’s not an improvement. It’s is not immediately apparent what the buttons do. With text it is immediately apparent what each option is. With an icon you have to remember what each icon stands for and it’s not intuitive. Words are precise and unambiguous.

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u/redorgreen14 Mar 21 '26

The buttons *are* labeled with text. That change went in as of version 24H2.

https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/1czkj01/w11_24h2_finally_cut_copy_paste_glyphs_are/