Apple has steadily expanded home screen customization on the iPhone over the past few years, and iOS 26 continues that trend with more visual control over app icons. Building on the changes introduced ...

Windows tip: An Ask MetaFilter thread has a simple-yet-excellent tip for setting up quick methods for opening files based on file type by adding custom menu items to the right-click context menu. Say, ...

Word has always allowed its users to customize its menus, style sheets, shortcut keys, macros, and a number of other features. Fortunately for all of us, Word makes customization fairly simple. With ...

There are probably lots of items on the Visual Studio menus and toolbars that you never use: Why not get rid of them? The odds are also good that there are items on the Visual Studio menus that you ...

Outlook comes with two types of built-in command bar objects, the Menu Bar and toolbars. Only one Menu Bar is allowed, but you can customize both it and the built-in toolbars. Outlook comes with two ...

I use just a handful of functions in Microsoft Office’s toolbar menus. Is there some way to shorten the dropdown list or add the ones I frequently need? Yes, to both questions. If all you want to do ...

One of the big changes with macOS Big Sur is Control Center arriving on the Mac and this has simplified the default menu bar. However, you may be missing some functionality you’re used to or want to ...

Since its inception, the redesigned Start menu in Windows 11 has been a divisive feature. Though it probably has its fans, many people have given the interface a thumbs down. If y ...

There are probably lots of items on the Visual Studio menus and toolbars that you never use: Why not get rid of them? The odds are also good that there are items on the Visual Studio menus that you ...