ASCII.jp In Windows 11, many new features added in Windows 10 will be restructured as soon as possible

Upgrading to Windows 11 will not only significantly "restructure" older hardware, but also features that were less popular in Windows 10.

Paint 3D decided to abolish. 3D related functions added in Windows 10 along with 3D viewer etc. will be abolished

Windows 10 had feature updates twice a year, each with a variety of new features. Some of them, like "Sets," disappeared in preview, but there were still many additions. Including those, Windows 11 has published a list of Windows 10 functions that have been confirmed as “non-installed”. Microsoft has been rather reluctant to cut back on features, but it probably added too many features in Windows 10.

When I hear that many functions have been added, it reminds me of the failure of Windows Vista. At the beginning of Vista, a large number of feature additions were announced. However, the project collapsed and many features were shelved.

This is the new Windows 10 feature deprecated in Windows 11

Features that were first introduced in Windows 10 but confirmed not to be included in Windows 11 include "3D-related , Cortana, and Timeline.

First of all, the "3D-related" function was appealed as the centerpiece of the 2017 Creators Update, but it was refreshing. ``Windows Mixed Reality (MR)'', which started at the same time, was not popular, and 3D-based MR content creation did not make a big move. Of course, VR/AR is still used today, but Windows users don't wear goggles and use PCs.

Yes, the HoloLens demo was great. But the Windows MR device was a bit of a disappointment. However, in relation to that, replacing MS Paint, which has been around since Windows 1.0, with Paint 3D was quite annoying, but it is already abolished. MS Paint has long been used as a means of storing screen captures copied to the clipboard. This is because it could be used without installation as long as Windows was running.

In the first place, even if general users "shoot" photos and videos, they rarely "create" works. If you are a student, you may be asked to create essays, impressions, pictures, or prints, but there are quite a few adults who lead a life completely unrelated to "creation." Even if such a general user were given a tool like Paint 3D, it would have been easy to imagine that they would not use it.

Timeline also appeared as a topical feature, but it's over. That said, I hadn't enabled Timeline for a long time. In Timeline, although it is necessary to install an extension to record the usage page of Google Chrome, you can use apps other than Windows Media Player to record video playback. No, it's not like you're watching a video that you can't tell anyone, but if you don't know what's being recorded, you can't use it. It seems that there were not a few users who thought so.

"Timeline" installed by extending the task view. I was able to record activity history via the cloud

I've used Cortana quite a bit. However, the gap with the English version gradually widened, and functions such as recognizing and processing handwritten notes on sticky notes were not effective in the Japanese version. Also, the map-related functions depended on Bing Maps, so I was concerned about the difference with Google Maps. Cortana has a function to notify you of the departure time based on the schedule and destination, but the address recognition function of Bing Maps was weak and the destination could not be recognized correctly.

Cortana in a good position on the taskbar

I've played a lot of "Halo", the game that inspired the naming of Cortana, so I wanted to ask you to do a little more. Cortana isn't going away, but with Windows 11, it's out of the taskbar and becoming one of the standard Windows apps. It's highly unlikely that it will last until 2552, the game setting where Cortana is available.

Skype is also not included as standard in Windows 11. Skype as a service application will remain, but it will no longer be a standard communication tool in Windows. Skype has been a standard Windows communication tool since Windows 8, but it will finally give up that role to Teams.

Skype, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2011, absorbed MSN Messenger, a chat service launched in 1999, in 2012. It was installed as standard in Windows 8 and became the standard communication software for Windows. Microsoft had a business communications system (codenamed Lync) that it announced in 2007 called Office Communicator, but renamed it Skype for Business. It has also been announced that it will be replaced by Teams.

Windows communication tools can be traced back to NetMeeting, which came with Windows 95 OSR2 (1996) (video conferencing was possible when analog modems were used to connect to the Internet). Since this time, Windows has included some form of communication tool. Among them, it can be said that Skype has been in the standard tool position for a relatively long time.

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