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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by pier25 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:40PM (#23093140)
I briefly owned a Surface Book before returning it and I agree.

The tablet experience on Windows was horrendous.

Eg: something as trivial as adjusting the display brightness required me to go into Windows settings.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by reificator on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:14PM (#23093633)
> something as trivial as adjusting the display brightness required me to go into Windows settings.

I've never had a Surface Book but I had the Surface Pro 3 for awhile and I'm pretty sure it predated the book.

On the Surface Pro you just slide from off screen to bring up quick settings and then tap the brightness icon. Granted it only had preset values rather than a slider...

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by frosted-flakes on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @02:56PM (#23094901)
It's had a brightness slider for a long time now. And if you have a Surface, Fn+Delete and Fn+Backspace are hidden shortcuts to Brightness Up and Down.
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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by pier25 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:40PM (#23097251)
> Granted it only had preset values rather than a slider...

Yeah and that was always either too bright or too dark.

I'm glad they added the slider now.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by vb6sp6 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @03:38PM (#23095366)
you swipe from the right and adjust the brightness with the slider at the botton: https://i.imgur.com/sBYNv5z.png

older versions, you had to swipe right, then touch screen icon and slide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFYmwnzRpJ0

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by pier25 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:39PM (#23097237)
Thanks. That wasn't available when I tried it circa 2016. You had to tap an icon with 25% steps which never resulted in the brightness I wanted.
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