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Windows 11, Start button menu, make it show all apps by default
Personally, I like the new Start menu. I mainly use a handful of apps that I keep in the taskbar. Secondary apps I keep organized in folders in the Start menu so they don't take too much space. And I find the recommended section handy to access recent documents along with the additional folders you can add next to the Power button.
However, I do occasionally wish I could access All apps more easily from the keyboard. A shortcut (kind of..) I found is to hit the Windows keyy and then the Tab key twice to navigate to the All apps button, and then hit the Space or Enter key to select All apps. So just three extra quick keystrokes.
Please evaluate how many extra clicks & Keystrokes Win11 brought for 3B users recently:
Based on my experience: (18 extra-kestrokes + 38 extra-click )/ hour = extra 1.8 min/hour => 0.24h / workday => 48h lost / year (200 work days) x 3B users = 144 Billions hours lost / year due to Win11 Upgrade. Thanks MS !!!
"But to be fair, Windows 10 Start also required that you click a button to see all apps."
No, it does not. Default is list of all apps.I have been waiting since beta/dev versions of 11 came out. Sent in constant recommendation to allow Windows 10 Start Menu. Even if I had to go into control panel a make a change to a setting would be agreeable.
I wonder what age group the focus groups were. Oh maybe they forgot to ask people who have been using Windows since day 1.
