The lack of support for start menu folders and named groups of apps probably means that not only with the Start Menu suck even worse than in Win 8-10, but third party replacements will no longer have the data available to restore a decent experience.
As with the “task bar only can be attached to the bottom of the screen”, um, “feature”, I really don’t get this. Okay, sure, MS targets a default UX that I’m not partial too, fine, maybe its better for more of the market; lots of it is subjective so I don’t expect my tastes to be catered to in every default. But why throw roadblocks in the way of what people who don’t prefer the default experience have been doing for years to optimize their personal experience?
It's even more annoying if the change just happens because of 'design'.
Can you imagine being the developer who says:
"Well, let's redesign that thing to make it look awesome. And well, let's also remove all those existing features, which only complicate the code. Don't need them."
Never in my life could I work at my current company with this mindset without being thrown out in an instant. It's such an odd way to approach redesigns.
As with the “task bar only can be attached to the bottom of the screen”, um, “feature”, I really don’t get this. Okay, sure, MS targets a default UX that I’m not partial too, fine, maybe its better for more of the market; lots of it is subjective so I don’t expect my tastes to be catered to in every default. But why throw roadblocks in the way of what people who don’t prefer the default experience have been doing for years to optimize their personal experience?