14 MACWORLD AUGUST 2021
MACUSER 5 WINDOWS 11 FEATURES APPLE SHOULD STEALAlong with these familiar interface
elements, Windows 11 brings plenty of
features that Mac users don’t have. It
leverages the touch-friendly nature of
many PCs, introduces new ways to type
and talk, taps into the power of the Xbox
ecosystem to elevate PC gaming, and
revamps the Microsoft Store with
Android apps and a completely new
revenue share policy that lets some
developers keep 100 percent of what
they sell. Of course, we’re not going to
see any of that in macOS anytime soon,
but there are some features that would
work really well on our Macs.
- VERTICAL TABS
Apple revamped Safari’s tab management
in a big way with the upcoming launch on
macOS
Monterey, but
Windows 11
has a neat
feature in the
Edge browser
that makes it
even easier to
see and
organize your
tabs. Instead
of collecting
them in a
horizontal row
above your
window, you can also see them in a
vertical list by clicking an icon in the top
left corner. In an instant, you’ll be able to
see your open tabs as if they were
bookmarks in Safari’s sidebar, which
makes it easy to find individual pages in a
sea of open tabs. The new Safari will show
tab groups in the sidebar, but not the
individual tabs.- SNAP LAYOUTS
One of Windows 10’s best features is the
ability to quickly snap an app to the left or
right side of the screen to quickly work
side by side in full view. Apple introduced
a similar system in macOS Catalina that
lets you use apps side by side in Split
View. But Windows 11 takes it even further
with new layouts that let you use two,
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