Microsoft confirms taskbar in Windows 11 no longer supports drag and drop

Re:Microsoft confirms taskbar in Windows 11 no longer suppor... by fatnoah on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:06PM (#27924345)

>This is a Product led decision.

I've never worked at Microsoft, but have worked at other large software companies. This is 100% a design decision. Engineers like buttons, shortcuts, neat tricks, test tools, secret options, lots of menus, etc.

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Re:Microsoft confirms taskbar in Windows 11 no longer suppor... by Closi on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:09PM (#27924389)

I also think this is a fairly sensible design decision.

I personally would expect dragging a file to the dock would put the file on the dock, rather than trying to open the file in whatever app you dragged it onto.

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Re:Microsoft confirms taskbar in Windows 11 no longer suppor... by nmstoker on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:25PM (#27924527)

Yes, but even that is blocked (see the screenshot with the no dropping icon)

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Re:Microsoft confirms taskbar in Windows 11 no longer suppor... by Closi on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:31PM (#27924602)

Ah yeah you are right, I misread that.

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Re:Microsoft confirms taskbar in Windows 11 no longer suppor... by eysquared on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:08PM (#27924365)

Initial designs, sure. When it comes to making trade-offs in features and functionality vs ship dates then that falls into the realm of a Product Manager.

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