Microsoft has hinted at bringing back the vertical taskbar in Windows 11 that can allow for better productivity for larger monitors. As well as being a preference for many users, moving it to be static at the bottom with the widgets on the left, start and tasks in the middle and the clock, etc. on the right has caused it to be strictly at the bottom. However, with all that hoopla, there is some drama at Microsoft.

Mikhail Parakhin, the ex-CEO of Advertising and Web Services at Microsoft, has posted on X (formally known as Twitter), that he fought hard against the decision to take away the vertical option for the taskbar. However, Microsoft developer Rafael Rivera posted that really wasn’t the case and that Mikhail has responsible for some of the enshitification of Windows.

It seems to be a blame game and pointing fingers at times, which sounds typical when it comes to customer complaints. I’ve always been more supportive of the “Yes, we did that and found that it just wasn’t what the consumer wanted. We’re going to backtrack and fix that right away.”. Yes, they get the “No, shit Sherlock!” replies, but the honesty and addressing the issue is more appropriate than pointing fingers.