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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 168 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

In Windows 10, you could move it to the top, left, or right of the screen.

In every version of Windows up until now which has contained a taskbar and start menu, as far back as Windows 95. Not just Windows 10. Let's not sell short the full extent idiocy on display, here.

"Pouring its engineering resources," my ass.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The years of engineering salaries and test versions to dock a visual element at the top, instead of the bottom...

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Maybe MS couldn't stuff enough ads into the old Start Menu requiring a re-write to allow for more ad space. /s

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