Is there a particular reason why fade isn't acceptable to you?
Because that's not what Windows 10 does with the taskbar on top, and autohide enabled.
Actually, (speaking to the forum operators) I'm a bit annoyed that when I post that I need a critical feature, the company agent just posts that there's "no news" on that and that's it's not planned.
Can you "basj," submit that as a feature request? It would be the only reason I buy the product and likely a reason for many others to as Windows 10 will lose support in October of this year! The ability to move the taskbar from the bottom is one of the top voted feature requests submitted to MS so I know it would be an appreciated feature.
It's obvious MS doesn't care about users. I was hoping that Stardock does.