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Taskbar can no longer be moved. That single "improvement" will keep me away for as long as possible. It's the first thing I change when setting up a new Windo
by toss1 5y ago
Taskbar can no longer be moved.
That single "improvement" will keep me away for as long as possible. It's the first thing I change when setting up a new Windows environment, and have done it for over a decade. I'm enough not alone that I've seen in mentioned in multiple articles.
MS makes all kinds of noise about "reworking the UI from the ground up for true usability" or some such. Yet I have no idea what could possibly be the benefit to removing such functionality. MS says they listen, but obviously not.
Sheesh, another Windows 8 debacle coming at us.
- slategruen 5y agoIs there any logical explanation on why they did this?
- toss1 5y agoI wish I knew. I literally cannot think of any rationale. It isn't like they have any concern about efficient or lightweight code so are stripping out features for that reason (and I know from conversation w/their lead developers decades ago that they have not had any interest in any such optimization for at least that long). I don't see how it confuses anyone, since it requires no action or knowledge to just leave it in the default position - I've encountered a few people who are surprised to see that it can be moved, so it isn't like the capability will cause problems. If they're concerned that someone might accidentally drag it and be surprised, then leave only the buried radio-button position control to select bottom/top/left/right. Seems like under-talented developers and product managers who can't think of anything that is actually creative and an improvement, so they just vandalize it to leave their mark. It is utterly baffling