Microsoft: Changing the taskbar position in Windows 11 doesn’t matter

IT House April 9 news, Microsoft hosted an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on YouTube yesterday, and the engineering and product teams answered questions online. Windows 11 Questions about the latest features and functionality.

IT Home has learned that one of the main topics discussed by Microsoft developers this time is how to move the taskbar to the top or side of the screen. But unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t think moving the taskbar is important enough, and chances are, the feature won’t roll out that soon. If you’ve been waiting for this feature, you might want to be prepared for a long wait.

As we all know, the Start menu and taskbar are one of the most controversial changes in Windows 11.Microsoft is Win11 The taskbar functionality was developed from scratch during development.

Therefore, developers must decide which features need to be prioritized, which features need to debut, which features can be postponed, and which features are not worth the effort. Obviously, the option to move the taskbar falls into the last category.

Long story short, Microsoft believes that the re-support of the taskbar movement feature is only a very small user request, and the development work is too large to be considered in the first place. Here’s how Microsoft Product Lead Tali Roth explains the situation:

There are a lot of challenges when it comes to moving the taskbar to a different location on the screen. When you’re going to put the taskbar on the left or right, it’s a huge amount of work for all apps.

When you look at the data, while we know there’s a group of people who like it and appreciate it, we also realize that this group of users is really small compared to everyone else. Therefore, we will continue to focus on more pain points that are complained about.

Of course, we’re still looking at this and we’ll continue to seek feedback, but at this time we don’t have a plan or exact date for this set.

This explanation is understandable, after all, among the more than 1.3 billion Windows devices, Microsoft needs to constantly strike a balance between satisfying fans’ insignificant feature requirements and ensuring a real experience for all users. Typically, Microsoft makes decisions that serve a broad user base, even if it hurts a few fans.

But interestingly, the feedback on the taskbar was a bit different from what Tali Roth said. The mobile taskbar function is currently the most liked feedback, with at least more than 17,600 likes and 1,200 comments, and tens of thousands of users hope that Microsoft will re-support the more practical function of taskbar movement instead of UI.