Microsoft is Finally Fixing Another Taskbar Problem in Windows 11
Still a ton of 'em left, though.

The basics of your Windows taskbar design have remained mostly the same ever since Windows 7 was released 16 years ago—a thick taskbar with big icons for each open app, as well as for pinned apps. You had the option to tweak this in previous operating systems, but the Windows 11 taskbar is famously inflexible. Now, this is finally improving if you want to.