{"id":426042,"date":"2021-12-03T10:28:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=426042"},"modified":"2021-12-03T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:33:19","slug":"windows-11-start-menu-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/426042-windows-11-start-menu-changes.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 Start menu changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has rolled out customisation options for the Start menu in a Windows 11 insiders update, according to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.softpedia.com\/news\/microsoft-announces-new-windows-11-start-menu-customization-options-534448.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a><\/strong> from Softpedia News.<\/p>\n<p>The company has returned to the approach initially introduced in Windows 10X, replacing the current Start menu layout with a static design.<\/p>\n<p>According to Microsoft, centring the Start menu above the taskbar icons helps to improve productivity for Windows 11 users.<\/p>\n<p>The updated Start menu will allow users to change its layout based on whether they want to see more pinned items or recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has also refined Windows 11&#8217;s secondary monitor capabilities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_426048\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Windows-11-start-menu-customisation-800-x-533-V.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426048\" class=\"wp-image-426048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Windows-11-start-menu-customisation-800-x-533-V.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Windows-11-start-menu-customisation-800-x-533-V.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Windows-11-start-menu-customisation-800-x-533-V-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Windows-11-start-menu-customisation-800-x-533-V-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Windows-11-start-menu-customisation-800-x-533-V-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-426048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows 11 Start menu customisation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When a secondary monitor is connected, your clock and date will now also be displayed on the taskbars of the secondary monitor or monitors for glanceability,&#8221; the company said in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows-insider\/2021\/12\/01\/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-22509\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official release notes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are beginning to roll this change out, so it isn&#8217;t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Softpedia indicated that these improvements to Windows 11 are expected to roll out to production devices as part of the next feature update.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has been tweaking its Windows 11 operating system since its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/416924-windows-11-is-here-pricing-and-everything-you-should-know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official launch<\/a><\/strong> in October 2021.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/425846-microsoft-launches-standalone-teams-subscription-with-extra-features-south-african-pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft launches standalone Teams subscription with extra features \u2014 South African pricing<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has added Start menu customisation options and other changes to Windows 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":417130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123,70233,32852],"class_list":["post-426042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-insider-programme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426064,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426042\/revisions\/426064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}