Were there any improvements in Windows 11, or just regressions? It's an actual question. I'm looking for anyone here who's life was improved by the upgrade.
The Windows logo has a gradient on it now instead of plain white. The corners of all windows are now rounded, (but they've had rounded corners before so not that new). The tiles are finally gone, and that's growing on me. The Settings interface is much improved. The window-docking feature is improved: If you set up a layout of several docked app windows, you can then treat that group of apps as one big window which you can then minimize and restore as a unit, which is very useful.
That's about it for the changes. Overall I find it a net positive.
What I worry about is this: If Microsoft used all their telemetry-gathering powers to determine that very few people used this now-missing feature, and that's why they removed it, that's a bad reason. I don't agree with removing features just because few people use them or didn't complain loudly enough during the beta. As a power user, I'm sure I rely on features that few "common people" use, and I'm sure eventually the rug will be pulled out from under me if Microsoft continues to remove features that only 2% of users rely on.
On most apps they probably affect only the "furniture", the GUI elements around the actual working "client area". So you'd have rounded corners on the title bar at the top and the satus bar at the bottom, and a sharp-cornered area with your acual content inside those.
For me Task View was the biggest improvement. It's more or less a few bug fixes. The touch keyboard too. Uhhh that's bug fixes too and most of the changes to it are horrendous, but hey, it opens a bit faster.
I've found the Settings app to require way more clocks than Windows 10's, and as someone with Bluetooth earphones I open the Bluetooth page often. They didn't improve it in any ways that affect me and only added more clicks.
Most of the improvements I've seen were just bug fixes that were going to be in the next version of Windows 10 before they got the grand idea to use Windows 10X's nasty shell elements. I actually thought the combined system tray might be nice but it was just annoying and requires more clicks.
So back to 10 it was. I'll have to live with the bugs.
Now, it is easier to have stacked windows. Say you have 3-4 windows, and want them stacked. If you hover mouse over the maximise button, you get option to have a special layout.
Also, it put the final nail IE11’s coffin. Since Win 11 does not support it.
I can’t say anything else is better or even worth upgrading given downsides
