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Microsoft is Separating Cortana From Search in Windows 10 (theverge.com)
Microsoft is making some big changes to Cortana in Windows 10. The company intends to decouple search and Cortana in the Windows 10 taskbar, allowing voice queries to be handled separately to typing in a search box to find documents and files. From a report: This change will be implemented in the next major Windows 10 update, currently scheduled for April. Windows 10 will direct you towards an built-in search experience for text queries, while Cortana will exist for voice queries instead of them both bundled together. "This will enable each experience to innovate independently to best serve their target audiences and use cases," explains Dona Sarkar, Microsoft's Windows Insider chief. "This change is one of several we've made throughout this release to improve your experience in this space, including updating the search landing page design, enhancing your search results, and integrating Microsoft To-Do with Cortana."
But you'll have greater hope that it can be removed completely.
It's so much more satisfying to crush people's hope right after you increase it....
I can't even get most built in Windows programs to show up before we results. Most of which are actually in my start menu. On top of that, I have an SSD, so the web results come up after I've started to press the enter key on the result I actually want only to see it get replaced by a web result and open a browser.
This is something I don't think Microsoft really gets.
The Average person don't need PC's anymore. Most of their computing experience can be done with a phone or tablet.
For the people who do need PC's need them for real work.
Microsoft is continuously making the UI meant for tablet and home users, while frustrating people who need to do real work. When I am on a PC, I am expecting to want to use multiple apps at the same time, take advantage of the big screen to have all the apps available visible and usable at once. I have a full keyboard, I am going to want to use it as much as possible, also I will still have a mouse or a pointer, the work layout doesn't allow for touch screen to be all that useful.
Oddly enough, for me, I wish all the major OS's were not Windows (as in the UI methodology) based or full screen App. But had a good Frame type interface, where I can layout all my apps, resize the content where they are usable, but may be smaller then designed. Windows just get messy. and full screen, is just unproductive.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
How about rolling back hideous "modern" PC settings, making telemetry opt-in, vs almost impossible opt-out and having a normal release cycle, i.e. a new version each 3 years?
Honestly: " "This will enable each experience to innovate independently to best serve their target audiences and use cases," explains ... Microsoft's Windows Insider chief.
WTF does that even mean? Can we create a mandatory post-MBA bootcamp to beat this out of them?
Never let a lack of data get in the way of a good rant.
Wake me up when they separate all of the creepy malware from Windows 10.