The Windows Feedback app reveals that users aren’t really impressed with Microsoft’s new Windows 10 features

Oct 13, 2014 08:15 GMT  ·  By

Two of the changes that Microsoft implemented in Windows 10 Preview allow users to quickly search the web for information and launch the Task View option, which provides a quick overview of the running apps and allows them to select the one they need with a single click.

While both are supposed to be pretty neat options that would enable everyone to do certain things faster, it appears that not everyone is impressed with them and they’re actually searching for options to disable them from the taskbar.

There’s no doubt that the search feature isn’t quite helpful, especially for those who use Windows 10 Preview mostly without an Internet connection, but Microsoft isn’t offering any customization settings for now.

The same goes for the Task View option, which could really help boost productivity when working with lots of apps and desktops at the same time, giving you the power to create and remove desktops almost instantly.

Users want them off the taskbar

At this point, the Windows Feedback app reveals that 457 people asked for the ability to move or disable the new search and task view buttons from the taskbar, and with this rating, this request is very likely to be taken into consideration by Microsoft for the full version of Windows 10.

Truth is, more customization power for users is clearly needed and Microsoft most likely knows this, but the company had to turn them on by default and provide no removal options in order to make sure that everyone is aware of their existence.

The problem is that by removing the Task View button from the taskbar, Microsoft would basically eliminate the only quick option to work with multiple desktops, so the company has to find out a different way to please everyone with the stable version of Windows 10.

Microsoft promises to keep an eye on feedback

Since this is a preview version of Windows 10, feedback is clearly playing a key role for the final product, so Microsoft promised on several occasions that suggestions submitted by its users would be thoroughly analyzed.

This, of course, means that some of your requests might be there in the final product unless they don't get quite a lot of votes, but this also depends on how well they could integrate into the operating system.

Windows 10 is projected to launch in spring 2015, so it remains to be seen how effective Microsoft actually manages consumer feedback for such an important product.