Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.02 Public Beta #5 (Beta_4)

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So any guesses as to what amp modeling changes are coming in FW12? Maybe a jumped DC30 and Bassman, an OCD and new synth and reverse delay blocks for Simeon? :D JK about the extra amps and effects but am curious about what amp modeling changes could be in the works. @austinbuddy probably road into a ditch when he heard that 12 was coming and he hadn't finished the 11 update!

Hmm changes
Maybe he overhauled the preamp block as he has with power amp
And impedance matching
 
You should have a look at Classic Shell. It allows you to change Windows 10 UI to look and function like Windows 7, it's highly customizable, has no impact on performance, and it's free.

Here's a link to the original developers site where you'll find a description of its features:
http://www.classicshell.net/

...and here's a link to the new developers site and most current version:
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases

I've had Classic Shell / Open Shell installed since 2015 and it has been rock solid.

There's a fix for the calculator as well. I can't remember if I used the link below to get the Windows 7 calculator back but it looks familiar to me so I assume it's the same link:
https://winaero.com/blog/get-calculator-from-windows-8-and-windows-7-in-windows-10/
You should have a look at Classic Shell. It allows you to change Windows 10 UI to look and function like Windows 7, it's highly customizable, has no impact on performance, and it's free.

Here's a link to the original developers site where you'll find a description of its features:
http://www.classicshell.net/

...and here's a link to the new developers site and most current version:
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases

I've had Classic Shell / Open Shell installed since 2015 and it has been rock solid.

There's a fix for the calculator as well. I can't remember if I used the link below to get the Windows 7 calculator back but it looks familiar to me so I assume it's the same link:
https://winaero.com/blog/get-calculator-from-windows-8-and-windows-7-in-windows-10/
Complaining about Windows is so 90ish. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Windows 10 64-bit. You do not need Classic Shell to make 10 look like 7. You probable still like Chevy Malibus from the 70's. BTW, I am a 70 year old geezer who has absolutely no problems with the latest and greatest operating systems
 
Complaining about Windows is so 90ish.
But... Windows 10 was released in 2015...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Windows 10 64-bit.
So, you're just discounting the list of complaints that Cliff posted earlier?

You do not need Classic Shell to make 10 look like 7. You probable still like Chevy Malibus from the 70's.
Are you saying that one can do it within Windows 10 itself? Or, given your follow-up, that one shouldn't need to do it at all?
If the former, how about giving some how-to pointers, instead of just an unrelated assumptive criticism?

BTW, I am a 70 year old geezer who has absolutely no problems with the latest and greatest operating systems
Um, congratulations, I guess? But, might there be a chance that you use the computer differently than others, and your needs do not reflect everyone else's needs? Claiming your opinions as absolutes for everyone only serves to insult all those here who have already posted against this point of view... if that's the goal of your post, and not to provide any help... well...
...good job(?)
 
I use classic shell for Windows 7 style main menu and remove the metro junk. And use Le dimmer to dim the rectangles (sorry, Windows) that don’t have focus. But yes, awful interface.
 
But... Windows 10 was released in 2015...


So, you're just discounting the list of complaints that Cliff posted earlier?


Are you saying that one can do it within Windows 10 itself? Or, given your follow-up, that one shouldn't need to do it at all?
If the former, how about giving some how-to pointers, instead of just an unrelated assumptive criticism?


Um, congratulations, I guess? But, might there be a chance that you use the computer differently than others, and your needs do not reflect everyone else's needs? Claiming your opinions as absolutes for everyone only serves to insult all those here who have already posted against this point of view... if that's the goal of your post, and not to provide any help... well...
...good job(?)
Google is your friend. https://www.techieshelp.com/windows-10-disable-start-menu/
 

This simply swaps one set of dumbed down UI elements for another set. I can only assume from this tip that you're a casual / home computer user. Some here are not. I am not. Cliff is not.

Metro was discontinued in 2012. You are probably referring to the new Start Menu, which can easily be turned off. https://techland.time.com/2012/08/02/metro-no-more-windows-new-interface-suffers-trademark-woes/

For the casual user, perhaps there's nothing wrong with Windows 10. For developers, IT professionals, power users, technicians, etc. the Windows 10 UI, with or without the 'new start menu', is indeed an incongruent mess.

Complaining about Windows is so 90ish. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Windows 10 64-bit. You do not need Classic Shell to make 10 look like 7. You probable still like Chevy Malibus from the 70's. BTW, I am a 70 year old geezer who has absolutely no problems with the latest and greatest operating systems

No one here is complaining about Windows because of some fond memory of doing so in the 90's. The complaints are, in part, about Microsoft's decision to altogether scrap the Windows 7 user interface - a UI that took more than 15 years of incremental improvements to iron out various inefficiencies and inconsistencies to become a well sorted, easy to use UI, for anyone from the average home/casual user to industry professionals - in favor of one that's arguably worse, in many ways, than Windows NT was in 1993.

The search tool and Windows keyboard shortcuts will allow someone who needs this convoluted mess of a user interface out of the way to be their most productive. The existence of these tools does not excuse Microsoft's abandoning their own progress in a poor attempt to look more contemporary.

I'm glad to hear that Windows 10's user interface is working for you. Me? I can only assume that Microsoft did not include industry professionals in their focus groups (save perhaps for their own developers, folks not likely to call their own baby ugly) when designing this mess.

I've been in in the computer industry since 1980. I have worked in data communications, software development (UI design for 5+ years), IT tech and management, and Information Security. I am retired now but I still provide support for a select list of clients (hardware, OS, software, and data communications support), none of whom are happy with what Microsoft has done to the Windows UI. Supporting this mess is more time consuming than it need be by far. Many of my clients use Open Shell (Classic Shell) to restore some of the congruity and efficiency lost when they were gradually forced to 'upgrade' from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

Windows 10's UI seems to cater to those who browse the internet, send/receive email, use Word and Excel, consume media, use content creation software - casual users, content creators, etc. Even here, the UI is wildly inconsistent. The more productive one attempts to become within Windows 10 the bumper the ride becomes.

You're welcome to your own opinion, of course. That your opinion doesn't line up with those of industry professionals does not invalidate their opinions. If you're happy with Windows 10 - fantastic! Glad to hear it. For those of us who have been boxed into using Windows 10 for productivity, or now have to support it, it's not working out so well.

/rant
 
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