As a fan of fancy visuals and a handsome UI, I upgraded to Home windows 11 proper after its launch. And whereas a few of my colleagues have a tough time discovering respectable causes to maneuver to Home windows 11, I by no means appeared again.

Nonetheless, credit score the place it’s due: Home windows 10 remains to be extra responsive than Home windows 11 (not as Home windows 8 was, although). Even when working on a digital machine, Home windows 10 is snappier, and total, it feels “lighter” than its successor. Animations in Home windows 11 really feel heavy and a bit wonky even on my fairly succesful PC with a Radeon RX 7800 XT and a 144Hz show. Whereas coming again to Home windows 10 isn’t an choice, I discovered a easy answer that not everyone seems to be conscious of.

My tip of the weekend for Home windows 11 customers: flip off all animations (genius, I do know).

As quickly as I turned off animations, the whole lot grew to become a lot snappier: the beginning menu, digital desktop switching, context menus (not a lot sooner, however nonetheless noticeable), Activity View, and different person interface parts. Probably the most notable enchancment was digital desktop switching: instantaneous and with out the taskbar going haywire.

There are two methods to show off animation results in Home windows 11. One is in Settings > Accessibility > Visible Results. Toggle off “Animation results.”

The second choice is within the legacy “System Properties” applet. Press Win + R, kind sysdm.cpl and go to the Superior tab. Click on “Settings” within the Efficiency part and untick the next choices:

• Animate controls and parts inside home windows
• Animate home windows when minimizing and maximizing
• Animations within the taskbar

After all, you possibly can depart a few of these choices enabled if you want. Toggling all three may even flip off the “Animation results” within the Accessibility settings part. Be aware that these settings have an effect on not solely the final Home windows 11 UI but in addition animations in varied apps, which, in flip, could make them really feel snappier.

I also needs to add that this straightforward tweak is not going to make your laptop run sooner or generate extra FPS in video games. It can solely tackle janky animations, which, sadly, are nonetheless current in Home windows 11. Whereas my PC runs completely and with out efficiency points, sluggish animations play a giant position in the way it feels. And when you ask me, no animations are higher than fancy but uneven animations (I spoke about it in my latest “Home windows 11 nonetheless grinds my gears with these 5 issues” article).

I not too long ago printed one other information with 5 vital issues each Home windows 11 person ought to do. Subsequently, if you wish to make the OS run a bit higher for you, take a look at that article right here as effectively. In the meantime, share your ideas about Home windows 11 animations within the feedback.