Re: Microsoft Promises Slew of Windows 11 Vista Changes in Response to "Microslop" Criticisms

On 22/03/2026 07:30, Anonymous User wrote:
> With every Windows 11 update seemingly introducing a new bug or somehow
> breaking some core functionality, it seems as though trust in Microsoft
> and Windows is at an all-time low, with the recent "Microslop" insult
> popping up in online tech circles as a sort of culmination of the recent
> spate of issues. Microsoft has apparently been following the backlash
> against Windows 11, with Pavan Davuluri, President of Windows + Devices,
> stating in a new Windows Insider Blog post that "over the past several
> months, the team and I have spent a great deal of time analyzing your
> feedback," and subsequently laying out a plan that walks back many of
> the contentious changes that have been made in recent Windows 11 updates
> and promising to add highly requested new features and return features
> from older Windows versions that likely shouldn't have been removed in
> the first place.
> 
> One of the earliest complaints about Windows 11—before Copilot
> launched—was that the task bar could not be relocated to other screen
> edges, but Microsoft will soon introduce more taskbar customization,
> including moving it to the top, left, or right screen edges as needed.
> Microsoft will also walk back many of the Copilot integrations, stating
> that it will be "more intentional about how and where Copilot integrates
> across Windows." It specifically calls out removing Copilot from
> Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets, and Notepad. The other two important
> changes that will come from the new plan for Windows 11 is giving users
> more control over updates to reduce interruptions—essentially allowing
> users to go longer without restating without an update and skipping
> updates during device setup, and restarting and shutting down without
> updating. Microsoft also plans to address File Explorer and speed up
> launch times in order to deliver "smoother navigation and more reliable
> performance for everyday tasks," as well as polishing the user
> experience overall.
> 
> There are other more minor changes, like giving users more control over
> widgets and feed experiences to reduce distractions and make those
> features more helpful. Microsoft will start rolling out these change to
> the Windows 11 Insider Program throughout March and April 2026. It's
> unclear how long these changes will make it to the mainline version of
> Windows 11, but if feedback is positive, it likely won't be long.
> Windows 11 will also get an improved Feedback Hub with the aim of
> reducing friction that may prevent users from sending feedback to the
> software giant. Davuluri also promised that these are the first steps in
> a "broader plan" to improve the quality of Windows, and that there will
> be updates and tweaks in additional Windows Insider builds throughout
> the rest of 2026.
> 
> Pavan Duvuluri
> Building on these changes, what follows below is our broader plan and
> areas of focus for the year to raise the bar on Windows 11 quality. The
> work is underway. You can expect to see tangible progress that you'll be
> able to feel as you preview builds from us throughout the rest of the
> year.
> 
> Last night I had the chance to sit down with a small group of Windows
> Insiders here in Seattle to listen, to answer questions, and to share
> more about where we're headed. The Seattle meetup was the first of
> several stops our team will be making to engage in person, in more
> cities around the world, to connect with the Windows community.
> 
> Thank you for holding us to a high standard.
> 
> https://www.techpowerup.com/347595/microsoft-promises-slew-of-windows-11-
> changes-in-response-to-microslop-criticisms
> 
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> Hire shit, produce shit.
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> 
> Here's the fucking problem with MicroSlop in 2026.
> 
> "Pavan Duvuluri"
> 
> "Davuluri is a Telugu surname originating from South India."
> 
> "Satya Nadella"
> 
> "Hyderabad, India"
> 
> "Shilpa Ranganathan"
> 
> "Ranganathan is a Hindu name predominantly used in South India"
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Hire shit, produce shit.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> #1 on the list, put the damned Toolbar option back so we don't have to
> put shortcuts in a fucking folder now to access applications.  Some of
> us use on the average 25 different locally installed applications per
> day to manage storage, SANs, networks, servers / hypervisors / VMs.
> 
> CTOs have no idea how all this crap works and they hand it to shitty
> cheap Indian technology companies, while laying off American and
> European workers who implemented and managed the environments.
> 
> "The Cloud" is NOT an effective solution either because of latency
> and compatibility constraints.  It's fucking horrible some days and we
> have to compensate with locally installed "background synchronizing"
> local storage arrays that eventually update to the cloud.

I like too think that your reaction ("Hire shit produce shit"), and the 
fact that a dangerous narcissist moron has been voted in twice as POTUS 
both reflect mainly on the fact that the US nation seems to consist 
mainly of loud mouthed brain dead racist idiots who couldn't code a 10 
line subroutine without it having bugs.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).