it's not streamlined, they're just replacing critical information with hieroglyphics. They think it makes windows easier to learn for new users, but the interface is increasingly impenetrable to anybody who hasn't spent the last decade or two memorizing the meaning of these icons. It was because all the giant icons were a huge waste of space for a desktop environment, often made it harder to figure out what was going on, and didn't actually do much to improve the tablet experience. I don't think Microsoft's B-team has fully figured out that Windows 8 isn't reviled because their 'Metro' design had too much color and readability. It's been preinstalled on every windows 10 machine I've used lately. That is why nobody uses snip and sketch, despite the snipping tool telling everybody to use it for the last 2+ years.

It is very much in the Windows 11 philosophies of 'slow form over fast function', 'oversized unlabled icons that are all the same color', and 'Use this feature the exact way we tell you to, whether you like it or not'. but with a slower interface that is less readable and not as space-efficient. Microsoft has already talked about how they are forcing 'snip and sketch' in Windows 11.

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