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>The second WTF was the centered start menu, killing my decade old reflex of going to the bottom left with the pointer and clicking. This at least has a toggle.

>The second WTF was the centered start menu, killing my decade old reflex of going to the bottom left with the pointer and clicking. This at least has a toggle. Why do people even mention this? As you said, it has a toggle. How did it “kill your decade old reflex” when it literally takes 5 seconds to fix it?

anonymousab 4y ago
Well, as the designers oft like to say: Defaults matter.
- jaywalk 4y ago
  Does the default really matter in this case, though? It's not even like it takes a registry hack to move it back to the left. It's right there in the taskbar settings.
  - t-writescode 4y ago
    Multiply a quarter billion children having to fix it for a quarter billion grandparents, and that's a lot of wasted time and added frustration to the world for little to no reason.
  - npteljes 4y ago
    You know what does take a registry hack though? Moving the taskbar to the left, or right[0]. As the screens have much more space horizontally than vertically, it would make sense, at least for some people, right? Well no, according to Microsoft. [0] https://windowsreport.com/windows-11-move-taskbar/ https://windowsreport.com/windows-11-move-taskbar/
  - ihateolives 4y ago
    My parents don't even know that taskbar has settings. And they shouldn't have to know it.
npteljes 4y ago
Because if it's not a default, and it has toggle, they will take it away eventually. Second thing is, many people leave it on default, so if I sit down at anyone's, they will have it in the center. At the end of the day, I don't care about it the slightest. The reason I mention it is because it's a small thing in a long chain of abuse that Microsoft inflicts on the people via its product. A reminder that you're not the boss, things will change, and you'll suck it up, because you won't have alternatives. And I really hate this reminder. I actually stopped using it as my main driver ages ago, and they can still relight the hatred in me so easily with things like this.

anonymousab 4y ago

Well, as the designers oft like to say: Defaults matter.

jaywalk 4y ago
Does the default really matter in this case, though? It's not even like it takes a registry hack to move it back to the left. It's right there in the taskbar settings.
- t-writescode 4y ago
  Multiply a quarter billion children having to fix it for a quarter billion grandparents, and that's a lot of wasted time and added frustration to the world for little to no reason.
- npteljes 4y ago
  You know what does take a registry hack though? Moving the taskbar to the left, or right[0]. As the screens have much more space horizontally than vertically, it would make sense, at least for some people, right? Well no, according to Microsoft. [0] https://windowsreport.com/windows-11-move-taskbar/ https://windowsreport.com/windows-11-move-taskbar/
- ihateolives 4y ago
  My parents don't even know that taskbar has settings. And they shouldn't have to know it.

npteljes 4y ago

Because if it's not a default, and it has toggle, they will take it away eventually. Second thing is, many people leave it on default, so if I sit down at anyone's, they will have it in the center. At the end of the day, I don't care about it the slightest. The reason I mention it is because it's a small thing in a long chain of abuse that Microsoft inflicts on the people via its product. A reminder that you're not the boss, things will change, and you'll suck it up, because you won't have alternatives. And I really hate this reminder. I actually stopped using it as my main driver ages ago, and they can still relight the hatred in me so easily with things like this.