A feature they removed due to their inability to make it performant in Windows 11
A feature that existed as early as win95.
The most requested change in user voice, since the earliest windows 11 betas.
replyIt takes a team of Ph.D. level engineers to implement left-hand taskbars in a performant way! You can't expect ordinary folks from the Windows shell team to code at that level!
replyit probably took them too long in plan-mode to spec it all and then iterate on the plan-do-check cycle with copilot so they just said ship it as-is
reply(only slightly sarcastic here ^^)
I had to check the date on my phone as I was sure it was an April fools joke. After the absolute onslaught of negative feedback and the new term "Microslop", they put out an article saying you can now adjust the position of the taskbar. Unreal.
replyNo, they put out an article saying that not right now but later this month or maybe next month, if you switch to a beta release, then possibly you'll be able to adjust the position of the taskbar. But at least they have screenshots!
replyIt's kinda hilarious that this is the result of the leadership at MSFT. Great example of why the current crop of corporate leadership needs to be taxed into oblivion and have their fiefdoms divided for the masses. Their reign needs to swiftly end.
reply> you can now move the taskbar to the left side of the screen
replyWindows 11 is finally catching up to MATE desktop (which is maintained possibly by a single guy from their basement), what a time to be alive!
Windows 11 is catching up to Windows XP.
replyHell, taskbar positioning was a feature on Windows 10. They're just pretending like they didn't remove it for brownie points.
reply10 … 8.1, 8… 7, XP… 2000, 98… maybe 95…
replyIndeed, as illustrated in Inside Windows 95, Microsoft Press, 1994:
replyhttps://archive.org/details/bitsavers_microsoftwindows951994...
i sorely miss the taskbar repositioning on my work laptop but seeing them start their article with this is deeply unserious
replyMicrosoft's "Legs are coming to the Metaverse" moment...
replyIt might sound like a joke but it's because they are re-adding a feature they had in Windows 95, why was it removed? One can only speculate but given the pervasiveness of webviews in places where there used to be plain (and performant) win32 stuff, one is led to the conclusion that the recently on-boarded interns simply can't write any C++.
replyI left Windows long ago for Linux, but TFA leading with this had me questioning whether it was an April Fool's joke they let out early.
reply… this was a feature in Windows 95. I didn't even realize they'd removed it! Is the author too young to remember a time when the start bar was positionable…?
… to then follow "we listed to your feedback" with "more AI everywhere" … it's satire … right? Right?!