the panel on the side. it just makes sense–if you can get ‘used to’ it.
screens are wider than they are tall, but most content viewed by or worked on by most people goes vertical: web sites and text documents. hell, even most pictures and video people take these days, too, because they still don’t know enough to rotate their damn phones.
Horizontal distance > vertical.
Why not both?
Top or bottom task bars make the most sense, imo.
Yep, but at the same time free horizontal space > free vertical.
Depends on how many apps you use in your workflow at once.
I certainly got to enjoy the vertical bar. Feels more natural to me, like bookmarks.
the panel on the side. it just makes sense–if you can get ‘used to’ it.
screens are wider than they are tall, but most content viewed by or worked on by most people goes vertical: web sites and text documents. hell, even most pictures and video people take these days, too, because they still don’t know enough to rotate their damn phones.
To me, it came naturally at some point. I just tried it for the lulz - and ended up staying.
I’m gonna hard disagree with you. No malice.
It’s just that I’m used to a wharf or start menu™. Personally, these are always on the corners. Usually the bottom left or top right (my preference.)
you can have your ‘start button’ in the bottom left if you want, and still have the panel going up the left edge instead of along the bottom.
And it’s alright! Luckily, both Cinnamon (like here) and KDE (what I’m using) provide you with such option by default.