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Microsoft denies Windows 11 CPU boost trick is a lazy fix, says Apple does this and you love it
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What about not doing any network request and looking up for search's that nobody asked for?
What about showing the result that exactly matches the search query instead of a bunch of similar items?
For instance, when you type in the word "add" as in, "add or remove a program", why the fuck does start show you printers?
Because obviously you want to Add A Printer, and that's the only thing they can conceive of. If you wanted to uninstall something, why install it in the first place? Everything Microsoft provides on first install is vital, so it can't be any of that stuff
I swear windows search has been getting worse and worse since Windows 8. 8s start menu sucked, but it's search was great.
Interestingly, macOS' Spotlight search can do this exact same thing, without any major performance hits...
Spotlight is awesome and I love it (Mac user here).
When I had Windows, I did try Everything (which is basically Spotlight for Windows) and I didn't get it. Now I do. I regret not using that program more. Way back in the day, in Windows 95, I used to have "short codes" set up for nearly every application on my computer, and I think it was .bat shortcuts that launched them. So Win+R, the short code, the app launches. I don't think autocomplete was a thing then (otherwise it would have been unnecessary). I had the short codes taped to the side of the tower, printed, but with a bunch of hand-written ones added after. So I've really been doing this for about 30 years off and on.
I love Everything, I have it set to trigger with Ctrl+Alt+Space
If you’re looking for this functionality in Windows, you want Powertoys Run
Now why would I want to go back to that shitfest of an OS?
Also, no. Powertoys Run is a similar concept, however, Spotlight fills the exact same role as the Search bar on Windows. It's literally the OS provided search feature, which is crap on Windows, and has been pretty reliable on macOS for over a decade now