The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward
The strange trend of &quot;authoritarian minimalism&quot; design that seems to be working its way through the majority of newer software is very strange. I wonder who actually wants this stuff, and is not content to merely make it a default, but instead forces it to be the one and only way.<p>Monitors are bigger than ever with huge resolutions, and yet UIs are being dumbed down to uselessness and alienating an increasing number of users.<p>A recent related article <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29954266" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29954266</a> seems to indicate that not even people <i>inside</i> Microsoft --- who are being forced to use Win11, because MS --- have any say in the matter. It&#x27;s almost like some tiny extremist faction has gained control of Windows and is determined to show everyone else how much power they have by making these changes and gloating sadistically at seeing everyone object, but still end up using Windows.<p>I wonder how much damage they will inflict before people start turning to WINE and a saner Linux distro, just to run their Windows applications.