Comment by bruce511
9 days ago
I'm not sure it takes more space than a menu and toolbar, but regardless, monitors are a LOT larger now than in 2003 so...
Frankly, I'm motivated sure customizing is a win either. I fo a lot of remote support and it's nice to have a consistent interface.
Personally I find it faster than menus, and easier to find things I seldom use.
But I appreciate it's a personal taste thing, and some older folks prefer older interfaces.
Your monitors, those of a well-off power user, may have become larger. Most regular users I've seen are on 15" laptops with screens at 1366×768, or (if they're lucky) 1920×1080 with scaling at 1.25× or so. 17" desktop monitors used to be commonplace about 20 years ago.
The slightly larger screen real estate (if any) is more than wasted by very inefficient "modern UIs" where you won't find paddings smaller than 16px, with three buttons where there used to be enough space for 9.
Just compare and become sure! The larger screen isn't a good excuse to waste space either.
And users are way more important than the tiny group of tech support.
Also those that need tech support will be less likely to customize.