In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by Banger:

This is one of the things I sent feedback about. On XP it was possible for a side bar but they dont listen.

Well Win11 has been rewriting a LOT of the old code that dated back to Win95 which is where the taskbar you liked in XP came from.

Whilst macOS dock does let you move it to various locations, the OS is quite different conceptually to the Windows or even the Linux major GNOME or KDE desktops.

I don't buy that. Yes, legacy code sometimes has to be replaced completely. But putting the task bar to the side is not an art lost to the ancients. Omitting the facility is a specification decision, more to do with avoiding cost than to do with the benefit of any new concept.

In reply to a post by DFScale:

I don't buy that. Yes, legacy code sometimes has to be replaced completely. But putting the task bar to the side is not an art lost to the ancients. Omitting the facility is a specification decision, more to do with avoiding cost than to do with the benefit of any new concept.

I happen to agree; other features have been added back, but its taking years. Such as the "combine" and "do not combine" options that people used back in Windows 95. I don't know why they've not prioritised adding in the ability to move the bar elsewhere on the screen. I personally never move it, because I'm always using other people's computers as part of my job.

Just a footnote to this thread there is another (said in Darth Vader voice). Winslop 0.35 on Github (link). Removes various annoyances suck as Copilot, telemetry, Recall and others. Also a comprehensive bunch of tweaks. Needs to be run as Admin and make a restore point before running.