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bypr0nbot ( 313417 ) writes:
Assuming this is the equivalent of the task bar... I may be crazy but to me the natural position is right. In general, because I mostly do web dev and so work with code and web pages, vertical space is far more precious to me than the relatively abundant horizontal space. So I have my task bar/dock as a vertical column on the right, with the Start button at the top, rather than a mostly empty strip along the bottom.
I think there have been desktop systems that had it this way out of the box (NextStep?).
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bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
Get it left.
One of the problems is there really is no perfect location. Everything will ruin someone's workflow. Your example on the right while good on vertical screen space would drive me mental due to overshooting from the mouse when accessing a scrollbar (vertical scrolling is easier than horizontal scrolling for this reason). My vote is the bar on the left.
But then it overshooting the File menu will result in starting an app, that's the same problem as on the top.
The bottom right now is one of the places that a user's mouse doesn't normally go unless they are actively seeking the bar at the bottom (or a web developer can't design a website and you end up with a horizontal bar).
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