The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar

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Post by sokols » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 8:30 AM UTC

The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar
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Re: The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar

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Post by whoisthemachine » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:50 AM UTC

While I respect the desire to save energy, this feels a little bit like barking up the wrong tree. How much energy does it take to load ads in the taskbar and start menu? How much energy does it take to take screenshots every 3 seconds?

Re: The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar

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Post by firstordefault » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:52 AM UTC

I had seconds on the taskbar for so many years now that I actually forgot it was added by "7+ Taskbar Tweaker" and not a native Windows feature.

Re: The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar

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Post by adithyassekhar » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 3:00 PM UTC

whoisthemachine wrote: post #2

While I respect the desire to save energy, this feels a little bit like barking up the wrong tree. How much energy does it take to load ads in the taskbar and start menu? How much energy does it take to take screenshots every 3 seconds?

I wanted to say windows is used by millions and a small increase will be multiplied and all but yeah it's all bs [0].

[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250421-00/?p=11...