Claude Desktop Gets Minimalist: Subtasks Shown, Thinking Hidden, Intervention via Effort
aigclink · x · 2026-10-15
A hands-on look at the latest Claude desktop app: a cleaner UI that now surfaces subtasks within sessions, reminiscent of early Manus. With user trust established, intermediate reasoning is largely hidden (also to deter distillation), and human-in-the-loop involvement shifts to adjusting reasoning effort — screenshots show session lists, subtask menus, Context usage and Servers panels.
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