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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by Springtime on Monday April 24, 2023 @05:28AM (#35685389)
Vertical has always been much wider than the horizontal layout is tall, at least when using the small taskbar icons setting. However the third-party utility 7+ Taskbar Tweaker allows narrower vertical taskbars, which actually makes the vertical orientation ideal if placed on the left-hand side (the least interacted with edge of a desktop, ie: less likely to be accidentally interacted with).
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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by maaark on Monday April 24, 2023 @05:42AM (#35685471)
My monitor is 32:9, I don't care how wide the vertical taskbar is.
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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by ghusbands on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:20AM (#35685697)
You can make it narrow enough to only just fit the date at the bottom, without third-party utilities, which seems small enough.

Also, there's typically plenty of spare width and not much spare height, due to modern aspect ratios, so it's a win, anyway.

Also also, if you do the maths, the typical vertical taskbar can be significantly thicker and use no more screen area.

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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by Springtime on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:58AM (#35685979)
> You can make it narrow enough to only just fit the date at the bottom, without third-party utilities, which seems small enough.

Not sure about your system but on both of mine by default it's over double the thickness of the horizontal taskbar when small icons are used.

> Also also, if you do the maths, the typical vertical taskbar can be significantly thicker and use no more screen area.

So I measured this on my system with a 2560x1440px monitor (16:9 being a typical aspect ratio). Horizontal taskbar total pixels: 76800. Vertical taskbar total pixels: 96480. Vertical orientation still objectively consumes more screen real estate, unless the 7+ Taskbar Tweaker mod is used.

A sibling comment mentions a user with an ultrawide though, which due to the sheer width I suppose is a scenario where the default vertical is smaller overall. Or perhaps if larger icons are used.

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