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More info about it here: https://www.ghacks.net/2024/08/13/windows-11-start-menu-is-getting-a-new-layout-to-organize-your-apps/

I love how microsoft never learns their lessons.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the septic tank to store the waste from enshitification.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Enshittification is when minor UI changes break my boomer brain

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In this case the person you were responding to was right. It is where they put their news and weather widget. Which only exists to push people onto Bing. It is annoying, and by default pops up on rollover, not click, so it is trivially easy to accidentally pull up, pumping those Bing engagement numbers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I don't see how centering it changes that. They could just as easily leave the start menu left aligned and put the widgets button next to it