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> There's no benefit gained, whatsoever, from moving content to the title bar The one benefit I can see is to gain some extra vertical space on the skinny 16:9
by vladvasiliu 3y ago
> There's no benefit gained, whatsoever, from moving content to the title bar
The one benefit I can see is to gain some extra vertical space on the skinny 16:9 screens, especially now that the task bar in windows 11 got thicker and can no longer be moved to a side. They, of course, still haven't gotten around to fixing the auto-hide behavior, so that's still not an option.
The rare times I have to use windows, I use edge and I quite like the vertical tabs. This allows for a usable title bar, too.
- raspyberr 3y agoYou can't actually use reason to understand modern UX/UI designers choices. I've just got Windows 11 at work. They've increased the blank space between all the items in the file exporer quite significantly. They clearly don't care about vertical space because I know have to scroll first in places I could click first before.
- ckyngcybra 3y ago[flagged]
- beowulfey 3y agoFeel free to enlighten all of us, instead of using ad hominem on this particular comment. I, a lowly uninformed user, would love to know what UX/UI is versus what it pretends to be, so that I might understand the decisions being made in Windows 11.
- ckyngcybra 3y agoI would love to enlighten you further but of course my time costs money.
- beowulfey 3y agoHa! If only you could charge for time wasted, eh?
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoIs this a "no real Scotsman" defense of the UI/UX industry becoming subordinate to Marketing Departments?
- ckyngcybra 3y agoI've never heard/read of that concept before. Is it the same as there is no such thing as an honest person?
- CRConrad 3y ago> I've never heard/read of that ["No true Scotsman"] concept before. Then get some Allgemeinbildung before you spout off on the "enlightenment", or lack thereof, of others.
- ckyngcybra 3y ago[flagged]
- NekkoDroid 3y agoJust so you know, you can disable that spacing in the file explorer: in the explorer -> View -> Show -> Compact view
- lionkor 3y agoI feel like I periodically have to do that
- steve1977 3y agoUsually the smallest "skinny" 16:9 screens you see nowadays on desktops are 24". Windows was perfectly usable on 15" 4:3 screens. The first iMacs were 15" 4:3. So that as such probably wasn't the issue. http://www.displaywars.com/24-inch-16x9-vs-15-inch-4x3 http://www.displaywars.com/24-inch-16x9-vs-15-inch-4x3 What might be an issue though is the use of laptops.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoYeah, I was mostly thinking of laptops.
- steve1977 3y agoOk I can see the point there, especially with the non-movable taskbar (and hideously large ribbon bars in Office etc.) http://www.displaywars.com/15,4-inch-16x9-vs-15-inch-4x3 http://www.displaywars.com/15,4-inch-16x9-vs-15-inch-4x3
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> The one benefit I can see is to gain some extra vertical space on the skinny 16:9 screens Only to waste it on the ridiculously big search ribbon. See the current Thunderbird.