The most blame I’d put on MSFT is that it took less effort for MSFT to remove taskbar placement configurability than to add a group policy setting to disable it. I remember the team creating a special ligature in the Segoe UI font (used in Windows) to make S and t align beautifully for the word Start. Thus, I figure there’s high odds its enterprise IT behind the Windows 11 taskbar being immovable from the bottom of the screen. No further good ideas would be PERMITTED lest the existence of such ideas raise any doubts about MSFT’s own UI design talents.The best we can hope for is an independent Stardock (and other alternative UI ISVs) and MSFT retaining the subsystems and interfaces in Windows to allow 3rd parties to change what MSFT provides as defaults.There’s nothing flawed in MSFT thinking: 1) enterprise users are drones who’ll unquestioningly use whatever IT departments allow them to use, and all IT wants is a low retraining costs as possible 2) most home users use fewer than a dozen programs, all of which could be pinned to the taskbar or Start menu, and what such users really want is the simplicity of Chrome OS’s shelf and launcher 3) whatever few Windows users remain are uncontrollable, who’ll dabble with 3rd party UI replacements promiscuously, so screw ’em.I suspect but can’t prove that with the rise of remote desktop support, when Help Desk staff connect to users’ PCs to diagnose and maybe fix problems, IT wants EVERYONE to have EXACTLY THE SAME desktop layout. One reason was wide variety of skins to choose from and customizability, functionality is on par or better than others. I recently updated one of my high-end computers to Windows 11. Openshell was my choice after testing all available sw, including Start11 and StartAllBack. Windows 11 Start Menu Alternatives lowen 16883 Views 0 Comments Start11 and StartAllBack are two worthy Windows 11 Start Menu alternatives for those who prefer other designs or have problems with the native menu. MSFT acquiring and running Stardock would stultify Stardock. Before investing commercial sw, you may want to try Openshell to see if it meets your requirements.
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