June 21, 2017
My bid to get University of Central Florida’s (UCF) I.T. department to allow education faculty and staff to change taskbar settings so they could ungroup Windows 10 taskbar items and be able to display labels in addition to icons was shot down. I am told this issue does not affect job performance in any way and that there is no need for changes because work is not being impeded. My concluding remarks:
Thanks, [redacted], for your help! I disagree with [redacted]—faculty in the education department are provided with dual monitors, even though by this standard, single monitors would not impede work. I believe that like dual monitors, being able to ungroup items on the taskbar and being able to display labels instead of icons would improve productivity. However, I will take no further action.
Pingback: High- vs. low-cognitive load work, environments, and mental fatigue | Richard Thripp's Website