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This article is to share with you what are the most failed designs in Windows10. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you to learn. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

1. Taskbar search box

The search box is one of the highlights of Windows10, and Microsoft has even assigned it to the taskbar as a "feng shui treasure" in order to improve its exposure. However, contrary to one's wishes, due to the mandatory binding of Bing search engine and Edge browser, many domestic users stay away from it. To make matters more NC, Microsoft does not provide users with any modification methods. Although this design can more or less increase the share of some Bing and Edge, more people choose to forget!

The "Quick search Bar" that few people ask about.

2. Contana Xiao Na

Microsoft Xiaona is a voice assistant software similar to Apple Siri, but due to the lack of ecological chain, as well as a variety of congenital deficiencies, Xiaona's actual opening rate is not high. The biggest impression many people have on it is to search for everything. Whether it is weather query, parameter adjustment, software startup, data search …... Xiao Na's answer is always the classic "Sorry, I can't help you in this respect." Although there is a lack of local adaptation, as well as the lack of functionality after the revision, compared with the name of voice assistant, such a performance is really chilling!

The unknown "Xiao Na Cortana"

3. Dark mode

I don't know since when, night mode began to appear on computers and mobile phones. Windows10 has adapted to this change and developed a set of "dark mode". To be exact, the dark mode of Windows10 consists of two parts, one is the "dark theme" under the personalized panel, and the other is the "night mode" in the display panel. Unfortunately, even if Microsoft is so careful, the end result is still not satisfactory: Windows10's dark theme is too dark and the night mode is too dazzling. Especially in components such as Explorer, which have not yet completed the UWP transformation, the effect of switching dark themes is really face-covering. At the same time, because there is no "dynamic desktop" like Apple's system that can change over time, Sheng Sheng has turned it into the "brightest" in the night sky. Going their own way is the best interpretation of the dark mode of Windows10!

Comparison of Night patterns between Windows10 and MacOS

By contrast, the night mode of MacOS appears to be much more coordinated, in addition to the darkening of the main interface, including Finder, Dock, iTunes, Calendar and other applications will also change. Coupled with the unique "dynamic desktop" function, it can be said that MacOS has taken the lead in realizing the automatic switching of day and night mode, and its practicability is not the same as that of Windows10.

4. Notification center

Notification center is also one of the features of Windows10. At first, Microsoft wanted to build a unified information container for Windows10 with reference to the mobile phone system. However, contrary to one's wishes, due to the embarrassment and heavy burden of the UWP ecosystem, the vast majority of PC users (at least domestic PC users) still use traditional Windows32 software, and the notification center does not have many opportunities to show their talents (Windows32 notifications are managed independently). In addition, the shortcut button set under the notification center is not very attractive to the vast majority of PC users, and is more favored by tablet users.

Inform the center, how many times have you really opened it?

5. Your phone.

In view of the failure of the Windows Phone project, Microsoft began to turn its attention to the collaborative interconnection between PC and mobile phones. The "your phone" in Windows10 is the best embodiment of this function. Judging from the current public information, Microsoft wants to achieve mobile phone interconnection similar to the MAC system through this set of components.

You may have heard of Huawei's "multi-terminal collaboration", but do you know Windows10's "your phone"?

The question is, why don't so many people use such a good feature? The reason is very simple, one is that Microsoft has too many requirements, and the other is that it is not friendly to domestic users. For example, if you want to use Internet software, you at least have to install an APP for your phone, but Microsoft suddenly wants to install Microsoft Launcher. In fact, this Microsoft Launcher is a mobile phone Launcher (similar to a computer desktop). In other words, the first step to experience Microsoft connectivity is to give up your own habits and use Microsoft's own Launcher software.

This is a screenshot of Microsoft's "your phone". We can see that the current features are very comprehensive.

Second, for Android users, the phone must have Google Play Services. This may not matter to foreign users, but in China, where domestic phones are popular, it is tantamount to excluding the vast majority of Chinese users (almost no domestic mobile phones have built-in service). Coupled with more and more similar software on the market (such as Huawei's multi-terminal collaboration, Dell's Dell Mobile Connect), you can get more complete functions than you without effort, so why use Microsoft?

6. Dynamic lock

Dynamic Lock is a feature of the Windows10 login panel that automatically locks the screen after the user leaves. Originally, this is a very practical function. Think about it. After leaving the office, the computer can be locked automatically, which is both safe and classy. However, the actual situation is far from as good as expected, the delay rate of this function is quite high, almost everyone has gone very far, the system is late to start the lock screen. This time difference may be nothing for general applications, but for a security software, all I can think of is hehe!

Windows10 dynamic lock! Another design that is popular but not popular.

These are some of the most failed designs in Windows10, and the editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.

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