Skip the beginning marketing copy. There’s a lot of dev focused news

  • TehPers@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    We have infused AI into every layer of Windows

    I sure hope not. I don’t want Windows to just decide to delete my hard drive because it feels like it.

    We are introducing Windows Semantic Index, a new OS capability which redefines search on Windows and powers new experiences like Recall.

    You could also improve Windows search by contracting with voidtools and integrating Everything. While you’re at it, maybe ditch the bing searches, and other useless search results?

    Anyway, the rest of the article seems to go into actual dev-oriented details, and there’s some interesting bits like enabling certain AI acceleration features on the web (probably only in Edge though…), for what that’s worth.

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      5 months ago

      I only learned about Everything recently, and damn I was impressed. I can’t believe I’ve been putting up with Windows’ default search for so long.

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      5 months ago

      Thanks for mentioning Everything, do you have other must-haves to recommend? My company uses Windows and I hate spending so much of my time waiting for Windows to unfreeze and whatnot

      • TehPers@beehaw.org
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        5 months ago

        If you want to use it in your start menu, there are some options. I know Start11 can use Everything, for example (but isn’t free - there may be free options out there, but I haven’t looked).

        Otherwise, most of what I’ve seen are CLI applications. Is there anything specific about Windows you’re hoping to see a replacement for? For me, search and settings (why the f are you advertising to me in the f-ing settings?) are the worst offenders, but settings is kinda locked in for the most part unfortunately.