Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more (Discussion)

or non-skippable audio ads in phone/messenger calls before the call is established.

 

Oh man. God help us all.

 

how about an ad-free call experience for just $2.99/mo.

 

Only if that $2.99 is spent on an ad blocker...
Pretty sure I haven't seen this before today but I could have just been ignoring it previously.

 

where does that ad lead? to a ms (affiliated) web page?

 

Right? Probably to a Bing search.

 

Probably a Bing search like @Trooper said. However, when I clicked it (I wanted to see where it went) nothing happened

 

You running the Dev build I guess?

 

ok, thanks for the info.

 

Release Preview. Which usually gets rolled out within a week or so to everyone else.

 

Today was a different link and when I clicked it and unlocked the screen Edge was open to Microsoft.com with a page relevant to the link. I'd think this not very effective even if I was interested in the content as it just seems odd to click links on the lockscreen to look at sites on the other side of it.

 

Oh wow. So ads even in Release Preview. Geez.

 

so assuming it will offer links on the lockscreen based on my surfing habits, and if i'm a regular of hamster or pronhub, should i expect to see relevant links on my lockscreen?

 

Probably not from Microsoft. Actually now that I think about it and remember some of the things I have seen on a Bing image search, maybe...

 

good thing i don't use bing.

 

I don't want to drag this too far off topic but since they seem to be integrating bing into the start menu search I assume it's fair game... if you have safe search off and search for many things you would otherwise consider innocent you may be surprised by some of the results you get in an image search. Definitely not something to do while at work.

 

Yup. I guess @imdb is a bad boy lol.

 

i see.

 

let him who is without sin, cast the first stone

 

Touche!

 

Windows 11 Dev build 22579 packs new USB encryption policy, Start menu, Taskbar improvements
March 18, 2022

Microsoft: Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22579

You can now rename folders on the Start menu in Windows 11 build 22579
March 18, 2022

Windows 11 Insider Dev Channel build 22579 ISOs also available
March 18, 2022

 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-22h2-everything-we-know-so-far/

Looks like that new Task Manager design is going thru. I'm staying on Windows 10 for now. It seems you can get this update now via the Insiders DEV channel.

 

I am sticking with 11 at this point.

 

Agreed! I like 11 so much more than 10.