I think most of the offices (I think all) have the tools above the page.
It’s a little bit old fashion I think because looks nice on 4:3 screens.
But on laptops and widescreens in general leaves empty spaces.
If you treat your document as a canvas and you are the artist you
want the palette to be as close as can be to the canvas.
Q: Is there a way to make the tools to have bigger icons and have them
to be near to the page? 