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That's fair enough, though sticky corners are a thing, and my multi monitor layout it would still work (big ultra wide main on bottom, three smaller above)
But I think there's even value in it just staying in the same place. One big frustration I have with modern UI design is shit moving around, often trying to anticipate what you want, but I'm lost looking for it the last damned place it was. The start button moving a little left and right isn't nearly as bad, but it's along the same lines
True. I typically pin all the apps I regularly use with spacers to categorize them, so there's maybe half an icon of left/right movement maximum with the odd unpinned app at the end, but I understand that trades in clutter others may not find desirable and doesn't fit all workflows.