JANUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 65app. Now, in the Windows 10 November 2019 Update,
it opens a small fly-out menu that allows you to add an
appointment right then and there.
Major feature? Not at all. A convenience? Sure.
Normally, we’d call this a ‘hidden feature’ of the OS,
but in this case it’s one of the key features Microsoft
lists for the Windows 10 November 2019 Update.Better tools to manage Notifications
Notifications, of course, slide in from the lower
right-hand corner within Windows 10, and live in
the Action Centre, the small ‘speech bubble’ icon
in the lower right-hand corner. By default, the
November 2019 Update now organizes notifications
by the most recent, rather than by sender name.
(This option can be tweaked, of course, in Settings
> System > Notifications.) Microsoft also has made
small adjustments to the Notifications at large. To
adjust the Notification settings, for example, you can
actually just click the small Manage notifications link
at the top of the page.
The Windows 10 November 2019 Update also
makes one small adjustment to the notification cards
themselves. On each, a small Settings gear appears
when you hover over it (or it should; the behaviour
was a bit inconsistent in our beta build). That setting
offers two options: a switch to turn off all notifications
for a particular app (such as Mail or Skype), as well as
a link to open up the individual app setting itself.
Finally, each individual app settings page is a bit
different, with graphics clearly spelling out what it
means to enable slide-out notification banners asJANUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 65app. Now, in the Windows 10 November 2019 Update,
it opens a small fly-out menu that allows you to add an
appointment right then and there.
Major feature? Not at all. A convenience? Sure.
Normally, we’d call this a ‘hidden feature’ of the OS,
but in this case it’s one of the key features Microsoft
lists for the Windows 10 November 2019 Update.
Better tools to manage Notifications
Notifications, of course, slide in from the lower
right-hand corner within Windows 10, and live in
the Action Centre, the small ‘speech bubble’ icon
in the lower right-hand corner. By default, the
November 2019 Update now organizes notifications
by the most recent, rather than by sender name.
(This option can be tweaked, of course, in Settings
System > Notifications.) Microsoft also has made
smalladjustmentstotheNotificationsatlarge.To
adjusttheNotificationsettings,forexample,youcan
actuallyjustclickthesmallManagenotificationslink
atthe top of the page.
The Windows 10 November 2019 Update also
makes one small adjustment to the notification cards
themselves. On each, a small Settings gear appears
when you hover over it (or it should; the behaviour
was a bit inconsistent in our beta build). That setting
offers two options: a switch to turn off all notifications
fora particularapp(suchasMailorSkype),aswellas
alinkto open up the individual app setting itself.
Finally, each individual app settings page is a bit
different, with graphics clearly spelling out what it
means to enable slide-out notification banners as