Pending Windows 10 update will add widget to taskbar with personalized news and weather

Published 2021-01-07 09:12 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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#5874819

Labyrinth

2021-01-07 09:22

Just something else to disable by local group policy editor.

#5874820

Kaarme

2021-01-07 09:26

Weren't the widgets already in Windows Vista?

#5874822

emperorsfist

2021-01-07 09:48

Microsoft further promises that there will be no ads in this overview (for now), and the function can also be turned off.

Good, that's all I want from this. Also no ads "for now". Ads are the last thing I want in a system I already paid for.

#5874857

Sylencer

2021-01-07 12:59

Im still in believe they should rather fix performance issue or boost performance in general on windows than pushing new features most people won't bother to use anyways.

#5874858

cryohellinc

2021-01-07 12:59

emperorsfist:

Ads are the last thing I want in a system I already paid for.

Your data is being used for ads across the board in any case. And there "for now" means - there will be ads for sure down the road.

Sylencer:

Im still in believe they should rather fix performance issue or boost performance in general on windows than pushing new features most people won't bother to use anyways.

What type of performance issues?

#5874859

asturur

2021-01-07 13:00

How to burn resources. People have either a game or a browser open and i think no one wanted this. I wish the changelog was more technical and clear, i still struggle to find one that tells you what changed in the window major updates

#5874862

TheDeeGee

2021-01-07 13:06

Kaarme:

Weren't the widgets already in Windows Vista?

Pretty much.

#5874863

386SX

2021-01-07 13:14

iirc they removed widgets because of security reasons. Now they are back? *shrugs* Still waiting for the custom Win10 setup (like Win95/98?) they promised for I think 21H1 or H2.

#5874890

JOHN30011887

2021-01-07 15:22

Yaay, more crap to turn off

#5874930

isidore

2021-01-07 16:57

"Considering any algorithm and programmed software that has a what-if statement in it is called AI these days" - Love this, very well said.

#5874940

suty455

2021-01-07 17:19

well that wont be getting used any more than Bing, Edge or Cortana, Games mode Xbox etc in other words anything I need to route via MS apart from updates even driver installs are not automated

#5874964

EspHack

2021-01-07 18:06

again? they really do have a lot of people doing nothing there trying to justify the job or something

#5875028

Sylencer

2021-01-07 20:32

cryohellinc:

Your data is being used for ads across the board in any case. And there "for now" means - there will be ads for sure down the road. What type of performance issues?

Things like this: https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-update-is-reportedly-causing-system-lag-and-serious-crashes, the typical bloatware / not necessary background tasks which are known to decrease performance and a working game mode that does actually improve gaming instead of hurting it. These kinda issues.

#5875029

KissSh0t

2021-01-07 20:34

Widgets... Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... A long time.

#5875165

Reqruiz

2021-01-08 08:42

We need unified settings, unified UI, more privacy control and less bloatware, not widgets. I miss old Win2000Pro days, eh.

#5875194

Vananovion

2021-01-08 10:09

386SX:

iirc they removed widgets because of security reasons. Now they are back? *shrugs* Still waiting for the custom Win10 setup (like Win95/98?) they promised for I think 21H1 or H2.

The reason why widgets were not secure before, was that any 3rd party software developer could make and integrate one. Given that there was practically no vetting or checks back then, you can imagine what a headache it must have been for MS to try to secure it. If MS only allows their own content this time around, they shouldn't have this issue. In any case, I'll disable it as soon as it rears it's ugly head. I hate intrusive stuff like this.

#5875211

386SX

2021-01-08 10:57

I hate to unnecessarily increase my attack surface. So almost the same reason. 😉

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