XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   MikeS wrote:   
   > On 08/02/2026 05:36, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >> MikeS wrote:   
   >>> As for "Zaidy goes way back and understands we're working together   
   >>> here to solve a problem", that's just more nonsense. Zaidy simply   
   >>> suggested one of the thousands of utilities that have been created   
   >>> over the years to help users customise every version of Windows. The   
   >>> "problem" you want to solve only exists in your mind.   
   >>   
   >> Hi MikeS,   
   >>   
   >> You clearly have strong opinions about the differences between Windows 10   
   >> and Windows 11, and we respect that. Since you've stated pretty confidently   
   >> that the "problem" only exists in my mind, I'd appreciate it if you could   
   >> point to the specific improvements in Windows 11 that you believe address   
   >> the concerns I've raised.   
   >>   
   >> You seem very knowledgeable about what Windows 11 does better than Windows   
   >> 10, so I'm genuinely interested in hearing which concrete features you   
   >> think we would all benefit from.   
   >> Facts are always more helpful than general statements.   
   >>   
   >> To that point, since the specific issue here is that Windows 11 removed   
   >> cascading taskbar toolbars (the pull-out accordion menus that Windows 10   
   >> supported), what do you suggest as the actual solution to that? If you   
   >> believe the issues raised are imaginary, then you should be able to point   
   >> to the Windows 11 feature that replaces this functionality.   
   >   
   > Another figment of your imagination:   
   > "You seem very knowledgeable about what Windows 11 does better than   
   > Windows 10, so I'm genuinely interested in hearing which concrete   
   > features you think we would all benefit from."   
   > I said no such thing. EVERY version of Windows changes the user   
   > interface somewhere. Not *better*, just different. Sometimes the   
   > previous solution is left buried in the OS and is easily reinstated.   
   > Regardless users can easily create their own solutions. Either way, all   
   > these solutions are easily packaged into utilities for others to adopt.   
   > Just like the windhawk utility you thanked Zaidy for drawing to your   
   > attention.   
   >   
   > The most bizarre part of all this nonsense is your signature:   
   > "When you look at an operating system as a system that YOU control, then   
   > you realize the user interface is the part you control most."   
   > The approach I described IS controlling the the user interface of the   
   > operating system. God only knows what you think you are doing.   
      
   Hi MikeS,   
      
   You're objecting to things I didn't say while still avoiding the one   
   concrete technical point in this thread about the Windows XP to Windows 10   
   GUI not being able to be ported over to the Windows 11 user interface.   
      
   The lost functionality user-interface issue is simple: Windows 11 removed   
   taskbar toolbars, and with them the ability to create cascading folder   
   based menus directly from the taskbar, which is functionality that existed   
   in Windows XP (via the start menu up to Windows 8 and which was easily   
   ported to Windows Vista and Windows 10, XP but not to Windows 11 (yet).   
      
   You've asserted that this "problem" exists only in my mind. Fine. If that's   
   the case, then it should be straightforward for you to show how Windows 11   
   reproduces the same feature.   
      
   So let's keep this grounded in actual facts instead of your complaints.   
      
   Can you please provide the steps in Windows 11 to create a taskbar toolbar   
   that expands a folder hierarchy into cascading menus that you suggest   
   exists in Windows 11 but that which I haven't (yet) been able to find that   
   you claim exist?   
      
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