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Bottom taskbar on laptop screens is a no-no.
by lostmsu 5y ago
Bottom taskbar on laptop screens is a no-no.
- cucumb3rrelish 5y agoyou can change the location of the icons to the left, if the centered layout is what you mean
- byproxy 5y agoThe taskbar itself is what is being referred to, I believe. Having the taskbar mounted to one side of the screen allows for a bit more vertical space to be used by apps, which is pretty nice on aspect ratios that limit vertical space, i.e. 16:9. It’s the way I currently run my taskbar and I can’t really imagine having to use it locked to the bottom of the screen.
- andrewmackrodt 5y agoI think they want a vertical bar versus horizontal, I prefer this setup for laptops too, e.g. I have the dock on macOS on the left and Ubuntu/Gnome it is the default. It makes a huge difference when vertical screen estate is at a premium, as is the case with many laptops.
- spicybright 5y agoI would too but mac does it in a pretty annoying way compared to say ubuntu unity. With multiple monitors, it snaps to the side most one you have plugged in regardless of your primary screen. I get there's a lot of dragging and dropping involved with the bar, but in Unity it let you set a threshold for mouse speed to limit you going to another monitor. Just let me put it on the side and do that if I'm dragging something, it's not too difficult.
- cfn 5y agoAmen, I use vertical bars on all my screens, even desktop screens. It is the aspect ratio...
- inetknght 5y agoThat's an odd opinion. I definitely prefer bottom taskbar on laptop screens. Side taskbar on any screen is a no-no.
- spicybright 5y agoI'm a left align convert. Simply because there's little vertical real estate on wide monitors compared to horizontal. Why take up valuable space? Lets you full screen apps a lot cleaned too, but that's just my opinion.
- inetknght 5y agoI want more apps open. On a wide screen I'll have two apps open in side-by-side half-screen. A side taskbar makes the two apps imbalanced from the center of the screen while a bottom taskbar changes the basic geometry in a symmetrical way.
- spicybright 5y agoFair enough. I guess I don't care as much about everything being perfectly symmetrical.
- lostmsu 5y agoIt is a rational option. It takes much less space on the side while still showing my running apps, time, tray and notification counter.
- smusamashah 5y agoI usually too many windows open, just like too many tabs, and I don't like seeing them grouped because that requires an extra step to click the right window. All these windows don't fit bottom/top Taskbar and therefore I put my Taskbar left or right of screen.
- neogodless 5y agoI disagree. I prefer bottom taskbar on my laptop. BUT... on my desktop where I use two 27" screens, I vastly prefer having my taskbars being on the "inside" edges where the screens meet. I'm probably not in the majority, though. But just, don't take away my choice!
- JohnFen 5y agoI also strongly prefer a bottom taskbar on my laptop.
- handrous 5y agoAuto-hide. I like the taskbar and dock at the bottom of the screen, but gotta have auto-hide.
- lostmsu 5y agoI already thought about it and tried, and the experience is even worse than with just bottom.