krondo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I literally cannot comprehend how you can use windows without the search bar. Its a total clusterfuck otherwise imo.
it’s a useless duplicate that takes useful screen estate. You can open the start menu, and if you start typing, the search bar appears. It doesn’t need to waste 20% of the taskbar for that
But anyway, the search is broken. It gives priority to web searches, so if you want to search “libreoffice”, to open “libreoffice writer”, it suggests “libreoffice download” which is pointless. I replaced it with “powertoys run” and now i get useful results.
some people don't know that, and it isn't made obvious, so having it by default on is great i think... but, enabling it at random for no reason? that's ridiculous
Aaah i see what you mean even though i dont really care about taskbar real estate off with its head.
Even if you hide the search bar, you can hit the windows key and start typing your search query. The search bar doesn’t have to constantly take up screen real estate in the taskbar.
Hence why I always hide it on my systems.
Yeah didn’t know that the function you are describing is the exact way i use it
Whether I want to open a document I open once a week, or a program that I use every day, the search takes a minimum of 10 seconds to turn out a result, after first consulting its server for Firefox websites. It is useless beyond useless.
Idk about docs and stuff but for apps the win button-appname-return sequence is pretty much a matter of 1-2 seconds for me
Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
If you hit start and type, it has the same function
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
This is what I do since windows 8.1
krondo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Thats how i use it too. Is there anything more to it ?