Windows 11: the Start menu takes on an iPhone look (and that's a good thing)

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It is these ergonomic innovations that are so useful – that it is difficult to find a more adequate formula. Apple is one of the brands that often find themselves authors of this type of interface elements. And it is therefore not surprising to see other competing brands taking up certain ideas.

Of course, when the competitor in question is Microsoft, chances are the impact of borrowing will be quite significant for the user. Even more so when we're talking about something that should be in the Windows 11 Start menu. This innovation is the way in which iPhones now automatically present applications by classifying them by category.

Why the Windows 11 Start menu has every reason to be inspired by your iPhone

In the latest versions of iOS, a swipe can take you to a Home page that displays an AI-powered view of the latest installed and/or used apps in automatically generated categories like “ Productivity” or “Creativity”.

Which makes it easier to find an application whose name is not necessarily that evocative. However, according to a developer, the same thing happens, as you will have understood, in the Start menu of Windows 11. The information does not come from nowhere, but from snippets integrated into the latest OS Insiders Beta.

The view itself does not work 8217;will not necessarily display by default. To the right of “All applications”, at the top left of the area, a drop-down menu will soon allow you to select between an alphabetical order, a display in the form of “grid& #8221; or this new view for which you will have to select display by “Category”.

Note in passing that the arrival of the functionality is not 100% a certainty, even if some users would find it welcome. Microsoft regularly tests new features in Insider betas that are not found in the final versions. The Category view is also invisible by default.

This requires the activation of a “flag” in other words a sort of switch in the code. An activation that is not within everyone's reach – but the procedure for which is described in the thread connected to the tweet below:

< li>A piece of code spotted in one of the latest Windows 11 betas suggests a new evolution in the ergonomics of the Start menu.
• The latter could benefit from a new, more practical view of applications, visibly inspired by the display of applications by categories on iPhone.
• L&#8217 The arrival of this new view is not 100% certain, but it would certainly benefit the productivity of users on the platform.

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