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On Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:19:14 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

> On 04 Apr 2025 19:05:30 GMT, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 05:31:10 -0400, Paul wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>> The TaskBar today in Windows, has a feature that makes it descend
>>> below the bottom edge of the screen, yielding more screen space.
>>> Microsoft did not invent that, but the MacOS did at some point in the
>>> past (perhaps MacOSX 10.1 or so). Since that's optional, you won't see
>>> that happening on every user desktop here.
>>
>>I never liked UI elements that move when you try to click on them
> 
> If you mean UI elements that are designed to be clickable, I appreciate
> some kind of feedback telling me that it has registered the click. There
> are many ways to do that, some better than others.
 
I'm not talking about the feedback, but movement that happens when you're 
trying to click.

>>or that make you click off the screen (Windows 8.0 did a lot of that).
> 
> I can't think of an example of that, and I use Win 8 as my primary OS.
> I'm not even sure how it would be possible to reliably clickck on
> something that is off screen.

It's been awhile since I used Windows 8 (note hat I said 8.0 not 8.1), but 
I do remember having to click off the screen for some things. IIRC, that 
was changed in 8.1.

-- 
Mark Lloyd
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