I personally do not like macOS. I bought the latest MacBook with the M4 Max chip for Christmas, but after about a week of using it, I put it away in a cupboard. To me, it feels more like an iPad for laptops and desktops. You need to purchase around 10 additional apps just to do things that Windows handles out of the box. Switching to macOS after using Windows for 30 years felt like stepping back in time to Windows 95—limited and restrictive compared to the capabilities of Windows 10 or 11.
That said, macOS does have one feature I really admire: the menu bar at the top of the screen. It's a great way to display the clock, system icons, and other useful tools. Combined with the dock at the bottom, it's quite an elegant design. Personally, though, I don’t use the Windows taskbar at all. Instead, I’ve configured one of the extra buttons on my mouse (using its drivers) to bring up all running applications and desktops, allowing me to quickly switch between them without needing a taskbar.
I recently uninstalled Start11 from all my Windows PCs and instead purchased MyDockFinder for £4.25, which is available on Steam. Along with a free app called Quick Access Popup, I’ve created a setup that’s far more efficient and customizable. Quick Access Popup allows you to assign popup menus anywhere your mouse is, enabling you to run apps, send system hotkeys, use snippets, and much more.
The point of writing this is to suggest that the developers of Start11 could take inspiration from MyDockFinder and Quick Access Popup to create one unified, supercharged Windows 11 application, If they don't, I might just come out of retirement and develop an application like this myself.