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The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar (devblogs.microsoft.com)
20 points by sokols 416 days ago
2 comments
whoisthemachine 416 days ago
While I respect the desire to save energy, this feels a little bit like barking up the wrong tree. How much energy does it take to load ads in the taskbar and start menu? How much energy does it take to take screenshots every 3 seconds?
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adithyassekhar 416 days ago
I wanted to say windows is used by millions and a small increase will be multiplied and all but yeah it's all bs [0].

[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250421-00/?p=11...

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firstordefault 416 days ago
I had seconds on the taskbar for so many years now that I actually forgot it was added by "7+ Taskbar Tweaker" and not a native Windows feature.
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