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  • Our commitment to Windows quality | Microsoft keeps insisting that it’s deeply committed to the…

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    Our commitment to Windows quality

    I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day. Windows touches more people’s lives than almost any technology on Earth. Every day, we hear from the community about how you experience Windows. And over the past several months, the team and I have spent a great deal of time analyzing your feedback. What came through was the voice of people who care deeply about Windows and want it to be better.

    Today, I’m sharing what we are doing in response. Here are some of the initial changes we will preview in builds with Windows Insiders this month and throughout April.

    Microsoft keeps insisting that it’s deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11

    “Reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points” is one of Microsoft’s action items.

    If you were eating in a restaurant and the head chef came out from the back multiple times to loudly proclaim that the kitchen was deeply committed to the quality of the food, would you find that reassuring? Or would you start wondering why the chef felt the need to keep saying it?

    That’s the conundrum facing the Windows team at Microsoft right now. Windows VP Pavan Davuluri has gone on the record several times since the start of the year to insist that Microsoft is committed to Windows 11’s quality, most recently in a post today titled “our commitment to Windows quality.” Windows 11 is an operating system that many people use but that few enthusiasts seem to love, either because of recent high-profile bugs or the steadily increasing flow of annoying add-ons, notifications, “helpful” “reminders,” and ads for other Microsoft products and services that coat most of the operating system’s virtual surfaces.

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    Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar

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    A smaller taskbar is also on the way later this year.

    A smaller taskbar is also on the way later this year.

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  • Air quality alert issued for wildfire smoke in Colorado | Seeing haze or smelling smoke? Here’s w…

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    Air quality alert issued for wildfire smoke in Colorado

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    DENVER — Winds are blowing wildfire smoke from Nebraska into parts of Colorado on Friday, leading to air quality concerns.

    A large wildfire in central Nebraska forced people out of their homes late Thursday and early Friday. The National Weather Service in Hastings issued the evacuation order for the town of Farnam and southwest Dawson County in Nebraska.

    The 9NEWS Weather Impact Team said that the winds shifted Friday morning in northeastern Colorado, dragging in the smell of smoke blowing from the east.

    The Greeley Fire Department said Friday that it had received many reports of smoke in the area and confirmed that there are no active fires within the city. 

    Seeing haze or smelling smoke? Here's why, plus Colorado wind forecast

    If you went outside to survey the neighborhood wind damage and noticed it was hazy or smoky, the National Weather Service says it's likely due to wildfires in another state.

    Several fires broke out March 12 in Nebraska, according to local media reports.

    That smoke moved into northeastern Colorado early the morning of March 13, the NWS in Boulder posted on X.com.

    In Fort Collins, Poudre Fire Authority did respond to two small wildfires west of Horsetooth Reservoir just before 6:30 a.m., it posted on X.com. But it said it was releasing some units after its initial review of the fires.

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    Thousands in Colorado Advised To Stay Indoors

    Thousands of residents across southeastern Colorado are being urged to stay indoors as lingering wildfire smoke prompts an overnight air quality health advisory.

    Wildfire smoke has become a recurring public health concern as changing climate conditions drive more frequent and intense fire seasons. 

    State health officials issued an air quality health advisory Friday afternoon as wildfire smoke spread across wide areas of southeastern Colorado.

    The alert, released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, is in effect from 4 p.m. Friday through 9 a.m. Saturday.

    Counties included in the advisory are Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Crowley, Otero, Bent, Prowers, and Pueblo. Affected communities include Burlington, Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Ordway, La Junta, Las Animas, Lamar, and Pueblo.

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