[crazygringo]

> Offtop: but is this the right question to ask?

Seeing as I'm not involved with developing macOS, I think it is?

> This is the first time I encounter a MacOS user who at least acknowledges the problem

Complaints about the menu bar icons are practically as old as the Mac itself. I don't know who doesn't acknowledge the problem. People have been complaining for decades now about having to buy Bartender to get around the problem.

[pugdogdev]

Yes, the menu bar is a big issue. So many useless icons and menus. Because in macOS 26 it is easier to remove icons from the bar, I have added this "inline mode". A few users have already told me they removed everything and just put extra bar items, customized them however they want, so this makes it nicer.