Microsoft wants you to share content/items more frequently, so it's now adding the "Share" button everywhere, including the Start menu and even the taskbar.
Windows 11's Share UI is a built-in feature that lets you quickly share content from apps or files.
Source: BleepingComputer
When you use the Share button, a panel appears showing options to share via email, nearby devices, or installed apps like X. Share in Windows 11 is designed to make sharing files, links, or text easier and more streamlined.
However, not all apps have the Share button, and Microsoft wants to fix this. As part of its efforts to help you share more content, Microsoft recently added the Share button to Windows Search results.
The same feature is now coming to the Start menu and taskbar.
Source: BleepingComputer
According to Microsoft watcher Phantom, you'll be able to right-click apps in the Start menu to share files with your friends or family.
Microsoft is also testing the "Share" button on the taskbar.
Source: BleepingComputer
This means you can soon right-click items pinned to the taskbar and click "share" to quickly share recently accessed files from the taskbar.
It's a neat change, but Microsoft is still testing it in the preview builds, so we don't know when it will begin rolling out to everyone.
Comments
doncoyote - 4 days ago
Oh, thank God for this! I had no clue at all how to share with others until now! A lifesaver! A Godsend!
h_b_s - 4 days ago
How... ironic... that the "Share" interface is identical with Apple's... yet it's no where near as functionally useful. They got the superficial idea, but don't have the well-integrated ecosystem to make it actually work. With Apple's products it's completely seamless. With Microsoft it's only Android, but NOT all Android devices, mostly Samsung, and even there it's pretty hit or miss. It's like they think 90-95% of the way there is good enough, then they start loading it down with misfeatures when the whole base OS is falling apart.
NoneRain - 3 days ago
"yet it's no where near as functionally useful. They got the superficial idea, but don't have the well-integrated ecosystem to make it actually work"
This is the story of Microsoft's life.
thisisu - 4 days ago
Lol more stuff to turn off
tverweij - 3 days ago
It looks like MS really want to get rid of the enterprise as users for Windows Client ...
nerdyBirdyy - 3 days ago
Imagine the privacy disaster if people accidentally shared their nudes, someone else's personal details, or sensitive data—all based on the icons. Microsoft never runs out of questionable ideas.
DyingCrow - 3 days ago
I question why some hoomans get all excited with crap like this. WHY do we need this? Most users don't know 95% of all the crap and settings in windows, so sure, just throw more cats in the litterbox while also releasing broken updates.
3dw1n - 3 days ago
Microsoft just doesn't want to understand that we just need stable operating systems that are secure. We don't need all this crap.
3dw1n - 3 days ago
Microsoft just doesn't want to understand that we just need stable operating systems that are secure. We don't need all this crap.
Sean133 - 2 days ago
I wonder how much stuff they will break and how long it will be broken in the process of implementing this.