Windows 10 Taskbar

It has been more than 20 years since Windows 95, and taksbar still doesn't function properly:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3053045/taskbar-fullscreen.html

It is like I'm using some crappy Linux, developed by hobbyists. And I remember pretty clearly that Windows XP had properly working taskbar. So why it is so broken now? Have Microsoft decided to turn their OS into Linux? Guess it is finally the year of Linux desktop!

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If your idea of fun is reversing compiled software (without source code) to make modifications to it, I'm not going to stop you

that's exactly my idea of fun. I work in security so reversing is nothing new for me, but doing it with vidya can sometimes be even better than playing those games.

However, you cannot complain that you can't practically fix problems when you choose to put yourself into this situation

why not?

The amount of modifcation you can do is limited by the quality of the public API that exposes the game internals.

that's not true if you know how to RE

The smart way to live is to demand freedom in the software you choose. If your beloved game isn't free software, the smart way to live is to recreate the engine as free software.

guess what? engine recreations are usually done through RE. I've never done a recreation myself, but all the patches, scripts and write-ups that are results of my RE efforts end up GPL'd.

Users are forbidden to do what GOG are blessed to do.

well ackshyually, it depends on where you live. in my country, the law explicitly allows reverse engineering for compatibility so if there's a prohibition against it in a EULA , it is not enforceable. also, the law in my country disallows only RE done to circumvent copy protection, so in absence of other EULA regulations, you can do any reversing that doesn't touch the DRM.