I don’t know why, but even after moving to Linux where I could have still had a Taskbar, I’ve gone to an auto hide dock instead.
Maybe that’s a reaction to the task bar getting more cluttered over the years.
Get linux already
They forgot my number 1 frustration when talking about combined buttons and labels.
Up to win10 you could choose never combine, do not show labels.
Some software i use for work requires multiple windows to be open and different types of subwindows have separate icons in the taskbar when they are not combined as one.
In windows 11, there is not even a registry hack for this, i need to install some dodgy third party software to get it back.
As a top-bar person, Win11 loses, automatically. Even the registry shenanigans didn’t work. I have top-bar on everything except my work laptop -__-
From the linked article:
After five years of waiting, Microsoft has now shipped the ability to reposition the taskbar in Windows 11. Both OSes now support the same four positions: Bottom, Top, Left, and Right.
I’ve been running tiny11, with all the ai BS stripped out. I’ve moved the start menu back to the left side. I’ve also restored the win7 style context menu. With these three changes, it’s basically win10 but with security updates.
I didn’t want win 10, I wanted win 7, so I had to switch to Linux. Windows went downhill with 8 and never got better, they doubled down on dumb decisions
Any problems so far? I’m trying to convince wifey that something needs done to our last win10 pc, but she absolutely refuses to let me linuxify it.
Is the wifey against Windows 11 or is it just you
She doesn’t want win11 nor 10, but she isn’t ready for the commitment it would be to learn Libre Office etc that she needs for work.
For office stuff, have you checked out Onlyoffice? It’s better compatible with microsoft office and has a more familiar and intuitive ui. Though it depends on how advanced her work is