The right-click menu, also known as the context menu, on Windows 11 is a mess. I’m at a loss for words, but look at this:
Why do I have Notepad as an option when I right-click on an image? Why do we have so many options for the same task? Paint, Clipchamp, Photos. And ‘Ask Copilot’? While you can remove Ask Copilot from the context menu, it should have been an option in the Settings of the Copilot app.
I do remember that Microsoft admitted that the context menus from Windows 10 had issues, as they were too long. The whole point of the new context menu was to simplify it. What happened in recent Windows releases?
I can’t expect devs to do better when Microsoft has Notepad as an option in the context menu.
Microsoft can take notes from Quick Actions in Windows 11:
Just like how we can arrange or organize Quick Actions, perhaps there could be an option to do the same for the context menu?
What do you think?