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In the future, when Windows users say "advanced users can turn that crap off" they'll mean the power button, not the group policy editor.
GPOs already suck and MS is forcing admins to adopt program rules out of Intune to get the same effect. See CoPilot GPO failures for further depth.
Our test version of the Clock app is missing the actual clock and everything else, like the Timer, Alarm, Stopwatch, and World clock
Author then goes on to praise the rounded edges omg can you believe it rounded edges on a clock!!!!!
A clock that doesn't tell time, and they follow that quote up with
which is understandable.
No it's not.
I know a lot of people don't like or use Windows, but the multiple timers and stopwatch functionality are genuinely useful and pleasant to look at. And "focus session" already exists in it.
"Lovely plumage"
A "clock" that doesn't do anything that a clock does, but it can write you a plausible-sounding essay on what a clock should do!
Jesus Christ. First they fucked over notepad and introduced dozens of application breaking new bugs and broke decades of existing functionality, now they're thinking about breaking the damn clock ?
Wait, no, they've already broken the clock in windows 11 because it no longer shows seconds, and doesn't respond to clicks on non primary displays.
I guess they decided it wasn't broken enough.
I'm getting so sick of their shit.
Oh you want to see a fun win11ism? Use the calculator to determine the number of days between 2 dates.
Win 10: 2 fields you type in
Win 11: no typing is possible. You must click and scroll through a calendar ui for each date.
Instead of numbers it will show an AI-generated image of a text blur
Oh look it’s another stupid fucking idea from Microslop
Set alarm for 10am
OK setting alarm for 20am
I think instead of the computer showing you the time, they should replace the clock program with a chat prompt so you can ask the computer to guess what the time is
Just so they can show that Copilot users keep rising
"every time a user glances at the time in the lower right, we count that as an active user"
Nadella won't be satisfied until he maps everyone's enter key to fuckong copilot.
Motherf-
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I started writing a clock app of my own because the Windows 11 clock app didn't have a proper analog mode and it's pretty useless. (Windows 3 clock app had analog mode, why not Windows 11?)
Some time ago I was ranting that instead of adding an analog mode, Microsoft will probably just pointlessly add Copilot to the clock app.
...Don't blame me! I was just pointing out the obvious direction Microsoft is going for, whether we like it or not!
Aaaaanyway. This summer's project is to figure out how the hell the Godot layout system works so I can make the layout responsive and I can release 1.1.
What was that about Windows K2 again? Ah, who cares
What follows is our plan to raise the bar on Windows 11 quality this year, with a focus on performance, reliability and well-crafted experiences.
Pavan Davuluri
Executive Vice President, Windows + Devices
Only thing that could possibly help would be him falling out a window on-top of the guy that would replace him. Maybe third in line isn't a chud
It takes Windows 11 a minute to load the "control panel" window... just hangs.
Re-release XP and be done with it, you're bad and you should feel bad.
Slopodoro? Pomoslop?
sry
Microsoft: “We want to fix Windows and make it great again!”
The fix:
User: "How late is it?"
Clock: "It's high time for MOAR SLOP!" *devolves into slop clock*
I wish horrible things on everyone who works at Microsoft.
That website is an abomination. Try rejecting all the cookie permissions; it’s like they build in click delays.
I'm still mad Microsoft hasn't integrated Copilot into the calculator app yet. How can you possibly do calculations without AI confidently telling you wrong results?? /s
Still can't believe the closest Microsoft came to AI integration was clippy.
Everyone keep helping more people switch to Linux and help them be part of in-person/online groups. To discuss Linux, and get help where needed.
I thought microsoft wanted to put less ai in their shit? Who would have thaught.
A system prompt hints at local AI-powered productivity features, specifically optimized for students. For example, the Clock app’s Focus session will act as a ‘Productivity’ assistant that breaks down tasks into clear, actionable steps, and it works by inferring the task category, then referencing the coursework of the student.
It would be great if there were a way to use AI to help people learn more effectively. But this feels like a way to train young people to become dependent on AI assistance for tasks/skills we humans used to be able to do well enough without AI. An addiction, rather than an assistant.
...the new Clock app will also have some AI features powered by the NPU in the newer Windows PCs...
So you need Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to get this. So if you don't have one. You can't use the new clock app. So what's the problem?
Shit like this is exactly why I'm mostly free of windows now. Sure there's some bits and pieces that I'm keeping just in case but I'm not regularly booting windows for anything now. It's been about a month and besides some minor things it's been nice.
