I have kept it on my taskbar and find it useful to have multiple desktops. The Task view panel is also more refined compared to the task view on Windows 10. Windows 11 now lets you snap windows together when hovering over the window button in the top right.
I also found it a little buggy when interacting with the widgets side panel. I found it more intuitive to click the Start menu and start typing since the Start menu searches when you start typing, and it's identical to the search button. I like how Microsoft separated the Search button from the Start menu since it declutters the whole thing, but I turned off the Search button in the settings menu. To the right of the Start menu, Windows 11 features three new buttons, the search button, the Task View button, and the Widgets button. It is now a simple app tray with a recommended list of apps and files. The Start menu looks more refined without the live tiles and different-sized app icons. The ability to move the start menu and apps to the left is available in the settings menu, but I don't think it looks as nice.
Rightly so, the exceptions tie more closely to the notification and calendar trays that pop out with a swipe as we saw in Windows 10 but with a more elegant look. Microsoft Takes First Steps To Finally Kill The PasswordĮverything to the left in Windows 10 has moved to the center except for the time and smaller settings icons.