Microsoft’s PowerToys team is quietly prototyping a configurable, persistent menu bar for Windows 11 — an opt‑in “Command Palette Dock” that can live on any screen edge and surface shortcuts, system telemetry, and PowerToys extensions — and the idea is already stirring an old debate: if you...
Microsoft’s PowerToys team is quietly prototyping a configurable, taskbar‑style “dock” that attaches to the new Command Palette and can be pinned to any screen edge — a low‑risk experiment that could give Windows power users a macOS‑ or Linux‑style glanceable status and control strip without...
Microsoft’s PowerToys team is quietly prototyping a persistent, Linux‑style menu bar for Windows 11 — a configurable “dock” attached to the new PowerToys Command Palette that can live along any screen edge and host glanceable system info, media controls, and pinned Command Palette extensions...
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