Microsoft is asking for your help in fixing Windows 11 – and I hope this isn’t just a desperate move

Microsoft has started a new research panel
It aims to get feedback about the Windows 11 interface from testers
In future, the program will consist of a number of studies focusing on different areas of the user experience

Microsoft is making an additional effort to get feedback from Windows 11 users on how to improve the operating system with a new program aimed at Windows testers.

Yes, this is part of the campaign to fix Windows 11 (pretty much everything Microsoft does these days is). As Windows Latest reports, invitations are being sent out to a new ‘Windows Insider Panel’ where testers are asked to come forward to provide feedback on the Windows 11 interface.

Those invited (via email) must complete a survey that gives Microsoft a good idea of how they use Windows 11 (productivity, creative apps, games, and so on).

Analysis: a new hope

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As if we hadn’t received enough signals that Microsoft is really taking its revamp of Windows 11 very seriously, this is yet another clear sign. In fact, the company has already held a meeting with Windows Insiders (testers) in Seattle and noted at the time that it is “really directly impacted” by what it hears from Windows 11 users.

This new research panel will be an ongoing project and a series of studies to improve the user interface in Windows 11, which is an exciting development. I suppose you could argue that it smacks of Microsoft getting a bit desperate and grasping for straws for ideas on how to do things better, but I’m inclined to give the software giant the benefit of the doubt here.

In fact, I’m really impressed with how far Microsoft is going with this whole ‘fix Windows 11’ initiative, and while I was initially skeptical of all the big promises the company has made, it has so far followed through on them in a commendably thorough manner.

Of course, there is still some way to go to improve Windows 11 in terms of not only its interface, but performance levels. But if Microsoft can maintain this level of commitment, I’ll remain optimistic – and that’s been a very difficult feeling to muster with Windows 11 in the past.