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[–] b_tr3e@feddit.org 57 points 4 days ago (2 children)

building the taskbar from scratch meant that they had to cherry-pick things to put into the feature list first, and the ability to move the taskbar didn’t make the cut, for several reasons that Microsoft values.

Translation: Nobody really knows (or wants to take the blame), we probably just forgot to put on the feature list. Anyway, I'll just use the usual vague weasel-words that don't really mean anything.

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Window's is built on many layers of shit and we dont know what will or won't break things.

Also co pilot was really expensive"

[–] III@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also, please use copilot... please

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Just one more ai tool bro just one more.

Please bro its so good you gotta use them all to make it worth it.

[–] vacuumflower 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is written as if a taskbar were a complex piece of software. It has to display a window list, a start button, a few shortcuts and a tray, right?

Nothing is trivial, but they are a company that can buy some nation-states with their citizens as slaves. Surely they can buy that much labor.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is written as if a taskbar were a complex piece of software.

Google for stories about how it is configured or built. The old taskbar was endlessly complex.

[–] vacuumflower 2 points 4 days ago

Which would mean it should have been rewritten long before. =\