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Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12
(www.notebookcheck.net)
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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Ok hear me out.. what about it just... gets another button next to start, and maybe Ctrl+Win can activate it instead of the windows key?
I use copilot a ton to write me quick powershell scripts, to assist in sourcing information, etc. I don't like having to open edge browser then ipen the sidebar, then resize the sidebar, then select precise chatting mode, its a hassle, especially since I do not use edge as my primary browser (Libre Wolf).
I've got very mixed feelings about it. I DO want a fast button in my taskbar somewhere, ideally, but I want that to start a web session (with no local permissions) not a local session of any sort really.. I very much dislike the idea of Copilot constantly looking at my screen to figure out how it can help me (aka, sending incredibly specific metrics back to Microsoft). They already spend way too many resources on scraping my info up, and thebquestions I ask Copilot are already hyper specific and likely give away dense metrics about me that I can't imagine. But... fml it's SO handy.
That's what they are doing. The article is just generating controversy to get clicks.
They tried with Cortana next to the start button. I don’t think anybody ever used it.
That would be because Cortana was hot garbage at doing anything and was significantly slower than just typing my query by hand.
If they built an assistant that was worth half a fuck maybe we might have used it now and then. I'm not very confident that Copilot is that. But it's going to be more useful than Cortana was almost no matter what they do with it.