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How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
- The November 2023 update added “never combined” mode on the taskbar for Windows 11. To find this feature, go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors. Set Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels to Never. It also added a separate setting for turning this feature on for other taskbars when you use multiple monitors.
MS, why would you break this? I'm so tired of being pushed to use my laptop like it's a tablet. I do not have time for that! I don't look at the taskbar to know what apps are open, I look at it to know what *windows* are open - that's not only a huge productivity help, but a mental focus help as well.
It's the desktop analogy, come on: If you have a bunch of printed documents on your desk, you can glance around and see *which documents* are there, whether or not they're of the same variety - not a single icon indicating that you happen to have an unknown number of documents of one particular type on the desk.
Needless to say, I will not move on from Windows 10 if this isn't addressed, and when Windows 10 "expires" I'll find something else that will give me options. Either way, this removal of options game is offensive, just on principle, and every time you do it you lose long-term credibility.
It's the desktop analogy, come on: If you have a bunch of printed documents on your desk, you can glance around and see *which documents* are there, whether or not they're of the same variety - not a single icon indicating that you happen to have an unknown number of documents of one particular type on the desk.
Needless to say, I will not move on from Windows 10 if this isn't addressed, and when Windows 10 "expires" I'll find something else that will give me options. Either way, this removal of options game is offensive, just on principle, and every time you do it you lose long-term credibility.
Once again you sacrifice ergonomics and functionality for the (debatable) "better look". I guess it's time to remind you that people use Windows for work or play, not for enjoying its beauty.
