• Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The biggest thing I want is to just move the task bar to the top of the screen. I can’t use my finger on my Surface tablet unless I remove the keyboard. Such idiocy…

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      1 year ago

      Use StartAllBack. Not only does it restore the old Taskbar features, it also lets you do even more things, like have the Start button on the left but keep the icons centered, and customize the transparency level (among other things). You can even use your favorite era of Start menu (7, 8.1, 10). Personally I’m using Win7’s Start Menu with Windows 11-related buttons added in (like Settings).

      (Edit: It does cost $5 after a 90 day trial, but that’s less than the cost of lunch, and with all the features you’re getting I’d gladly pay 10x the amount.)

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          That’s just stupid. I never have my taskbar anywhere else because it makes me ill. But fuck that, you can’t tell me where to put it…

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            1 year ago

            Not only is it forced to the bottom. It’s in the middle and you can’t ungroup tabs.

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                That’s not what they’re talking about. They’re talking about the taskbar icons. Power users like myself ungroup those because it’s annoying and not at all helpful. It stops being icons and goes back to the regular rectangles. I’m assuming you’ve used icons for so long you forgot what it looks like. Win11 let’s you do it in dev releases but I just use Start11 because it basically lets you do whatever you want with the taskbar.

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      1 year ago

      My favourite is when I’m trying to click a notification tray thing and shit like teams messages keep popping up on top. Who the hell designed it so notifications come up on top of tray pop ups? So fucking stupid.

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      1 year ago

      Dude right??? I’ve been losing my fucking mind. My home computer, work computer 2, and work computer VM are all top bar mounted. Work computer 1 for upgraded to 11 and it’s pissing me off. Every week I check for a way to change it back.

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        1 year ago

        I think side is the best. When almost all monitors are wider than they are tall it makes more sense to put it on the short edge to use up less space.

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      1 year ago

      I can’t use my finger on my Surface tablet unless I remove the keyboard.

      What do you mean by this? I’ve got a Surface with a keyboard that I can use the touchscreen on without removing the keyboard.