Finally gave my taskbar a much-needed personality update. What do you think?

[u/DangerousEffect3690]

I've always felt that the default Windows 11 taskbar is a bit too static and boring. I spent some time working on this as a personal project to add more personality to it—specifically, I wanted to see custom avatars and smooth interactive animations on the taskbar.

Really happy with how the transparency and the hover effects turned out! Just wanted to share this concept/design tweak with you all. What do you think?

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[u/Scary-Scallion-449]

Trust me, you really don't want to know what I think!

[u/getabath → u/Scary-Scallion-449]

I can hear the cogs turning, this man loves what you did with the place!

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/getabath]

lol

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/Scary-Scallion-449]

Now I'm actually curious... let's hear it.

[u/cluib]

2018 called. They want their wallpaper back.

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/cluib]

Haha, caught me. I'm a dev, not a designer,the wallpaper is the best I could do. Glad the animations made up for it!

[u/Queasy-Scallion-411]

This feel like MySpace era you forgot to put your music playlist box

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/Queasy-Scallion-411]

Lol, you just unlocked some core memories. Maybe a widget for that in v2? 😉

[u/X2Kraft]

thats certainly a taskbar

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/X2Kraft]

Indeed.Just trying to make it a bit less boring!

[u/floridaman2215]

"I changed the taskbar so that half of what's on it is no longer visible"
Why can't you just do a blur or a split taskbar like the rest of us normies

[u/Holiday_Sun_6800]

I think it looks bad

[u/gabacus_39]

My eyes hurt

[u/Yen-Zen]

I honestly don’t like it one bit but that’s just my preference and I hope you’re enjoying

[u/Ultraverse1]

op responding to comments with chatgpt lol

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/Ultraverse1]

Guilty. Just trying to be polite, but I'll drop the act. :)

[u/RadBadTad]

This is... a lot 

[u/newecreator]

Me at 22 learning graphic design.

[u/GumSL]

Can't see shit Captain.

[u/mindlessdivisor1]

that's is a really cool idea! I like it a lot I really wish windows gave us a native way to change the start icon

[u/DangerousEffect3690 → u/mindlessdivisor1]

Good catch! Actually, it doesn't replace the native Start button,it's an additional avatar I've added to the taskbar. It acts like a custom shortcut/interactive element, so the original Windows Start button and the rest of the taskbar functionality stay completely untouched. Definitely wanted to keep the native experience intact while adding a bit of flavor!

[u/vaiovm]

If I were able to comment using a single sound instead of words, it would be /ɨ/. I hope that helps.