News Microsoft Rolling Out Windows 10 October 2020 Up With UI Changes, Throttled Availability

[Admin]

Windows 10 October 2020 Up is starting today, but Microsoft is throttling the rollout for a better experience.

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[Giroro]

I don't like the new start menu look. All the bright colors meant contrast. Contrast means all the icons are easier to identify without reading or trying to figure out which of the near-identical (other than color) MS Office icons is Word. On top of removing the tile color, Microsoft made the icons for most of their products to be the exact same shade of "internet explorer" blue.
Hopefully Windows will come with a toggle for colorblind mode... or I guess technically whatever you call the exact opposite of a colorblind mode. I mean, I know it won't have a user-friendly option because these are the poeple who though Windows 8 had a functional interface..They even thought people who use Excel for work want to be forced to wait on watching every single cell individually animate like a slot machine whenever you fill it in... but they still should someday look into giving users back the ability to personalize functionality back into their products without hacky 3rd party tools.
Form over function is the definition of a bad GUI.

 

[Makaveli]

I'm still on 1909 on my desktop.

I have a laptop on 2004 I will try the update there first and see how that goes.

 

[pelegbn]

So... basically Microsoft's Windows dev teams have been "scratching their balls" [doing almost nothing] for half a year. Transparent-smart tiles? really?? This release is more about promoting their new "Game Pass" rather than actually improving Windows.

 

[samopa]

Form over function is the definition of a bad GUI.

I, wholeheartedly, agree with this statement 👍

 

[excalibur1814]

Moan, moan, complain and moan.

As long as you can still work, it's all good.

 

[Colif]

Microsoft is beginning to roll out the Windows 10 October 2020 update, formerly known as 20H2

Formerly? Try actually. It seems Microsoft didn't get the message the name had changed

Many of the changes are below the hood, and bug fixes. I hadn't even noticed the changes to start menu as i hardly go there.

It was the fastest version update install I ever done.

 

[USAFRet]

It was the fastest version update install I ever done.

I just updated my test VM.
Yes, very quick update. Maybe 7-8 minutes, including the reboot after.

Start menu? Unless looking at old and new side by side, I don't notice much difference.

 

[Colif]

the apps listing appears to use different font now

 

[USAFRet]

the apps listing appears to use different font now

20H2 on the left, 2004 on the right:

 

[Colif]

there are differences there, they are just subtle. Doesn't help you use a dark theme

Microsoft rolls out the Windows 10 20H2 update with a new start menu design

Microsoft's latest update for Windows 10, version 20H2, is now rolling out to computers worldwide in the stable branch. Here's what's new.

www.xda-developers.com

 

[USAFRet]

Sure, there's differences.
But its on the order of "They moved one of the the cup holders in the rear 2 inches over. I HATE this new car!"

 

[Colif]

Maybe it looks different to me because Microsoft messed up a Office update and put tiny icons on my new apps list

but thats another story involving 2 versions of every app as well, I wonder if anyone else got it.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm not seeing any doubles.

But both of those systems are a pretty minimal install.
1 is my test VM, the other is the new HTPC, the GTR Pro.

 

[repatch42]

ALT-TAB? I mean, what? ALT-TAB is for changing between APPLICATIONS, it's been that way for a VERY long time.

CTRL-TAB is what other browsers use to switch between tabs.

I guess MS just wants to give ANOTHER reason for not using Edge?

 

[mars20k20]

Yes I got the update and a couple of BSODs then a rollback ........but they promise to tell me when its safe 😵

 

[martinch]

CTRL-TAB is what other browsers use to switch between tabs.

Today, I learned a thing. I've always been using CTRL + Page Up (equivalent to CTRL + TAB, apparently) and CTRL + Page Down ...