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<p>How about a "Laptop" Layout.</p>
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<li class="remarkup-list-item">Typically on a laptop you have a lot of horizontal space, not much vertical - Having the default menu on the left is a good idea for that (at least for languages that read left to right)</li>
<li class="remarkup-list-item">A top "global menu" might get in the way here, as not all programs have a menu (web browsers hide it be default or have an alternative system, spotify, discord etc all go without)</li>
<li class="remarkup-list-item">Using an Icon style task switcher to make good use of the horizontal space and keep battery life</li>
<li class="remarkup-list-item">As laptops might be touch friendlier, having larger icons on the desktop and task manager and maybe the Application Dashboard too</li>
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<p>All of these are already the default settings except for the icons-only task manager being on the bottom rather than on the left edge.</p></div></div><br /><div><strong>REPOSITORY</strong><div><div>R114 Plasma Addons</div></div></div><br /><div><strong>REVISION DETAIL</strong><div><a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D24223">https://phabricator.kde.org/D24223</a></div></div><br /><div><strong>To: </strong>ngraham, VDG, Plasma<br /><strong>Cc: </strong>felixernst, Boxie, wstephenson, davidre, LeGast00n, enriqueme, mart, fabianr, Zren, mmustac, niccolove, rikmills, cblack, broulik, mvourlakos, plasma-devel, Orage, The-Feren-OS-Dev, jraleigh, zachus, fbampaloukas, ragreen, ZrenBot, ngraham, himcesjf, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, abetts, sebas, apol, ahiemstra<br /></div>