• histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    I don’t wanna defend Microsoft here cause yk fuck them but I’ma guess most people didn’t even know the show desktop was there tbh or if they did use it but then again I’ve never understood why it was there I never use it

    • Vejezdigna@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Hide desktop is useful if you have many non-minimized windows and you don’t want to minimize each one. I can vouch for that button 😎.

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        9 months ago

        Or if you’re a psychopath with a desktop full of icons and files. Shudders

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      9 months ago

      To be fair it’s not like there’s an icon showing what it does. Maybe it should have? I haven’t had issues with overcrowded task bars since Windows XP.