Windows 11 brings many new features and designs, but it also cuts out some classic features that users love. For example, the apps shown on the taskbar have been merged into one icon, and the titles of the apps cannot be displayed, which makes some users feel inconvenienced and even unhappy.
Fortunately, Microsoft seems to have heard the cries of its users and is working hard to bring back some of the classic features to the taskbar in Windows 11. Recently, two hidden taskbar features were discovered in the latest Windows 11 preview, namely “Never merge” and “Show app tabs”. These two features give users the freedom to choose how to display the apps running on the taskbar and to see the titles of the apps. This is good news for those who are used to older versions of Windows.
These two features are not yet officially available to users and require some trickery to activate. But it’s been reported that Microsoft is already testing these two features, and they may be officially launched in the Windows 11 update later this year. At that time, these two features were on or off in the settings.
In addition to these two features, Microsoft has brought back some other classic features to the taskbar in Windows 11, such as right-clicking on the taskbar to open Task Manager and displaying the seconds in the system tray. These features may seem small, but they are important to some users. With these initiatives, Microsoft is showing that it values and respects user feedback.
In short, the taskbar in Windows 11 is about to see changes that will give users more choice and freedom.
