Inside the taskbar
By Jo Best, 2 December 2008 14:52
The Windows 7 taskbar will also showcase windows associated with an application button.
The windows will appear whenever a user hovers their cursor over an application in the taskbar or clicks on it and users can switch between the windows by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail.
The taskbar will show stacked tiles to indicate to the user which applications are running on multiple windows.
Photo credit: Microsoft
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1. anonymous
How nice!
Windows 7 is even MORE like Apple Mac now.
How flattering for the guys at Apple.
2. anonymous
Windows 7 Taskbar = OS X + quicklook
3. anonymous
Disapointing for an OS thats for bussiness use, lets have less of the bells and whistles.
Essentially Vista tarted up, a nightmare training staff, same as office 2007.
4. Nick Cole
What a complete waste of development, time effort and money. It just shows that they can think of nothing really useful and expect the world to throw money at them!
How much additional memory and processor power does all that need? And all just so that we can run Word, Excel, etc as before!
What is wrong with Start - Programs and the associated list which has far more room for more programs than the task bar?
Why cannot basic functions such as switching to the desktop with a maximized but busy application be sorted out, what about aborting a programme or command that is inadvertently pressed (usually and inevitably) requiring a long delay before control is returned, ........ ? Why does the OS still freeze when it tries to rebuild the drive list and there is a CD in the slot? We could all go on and on and on. But does Microsoft ever address these fundamental infuriating things or just waste billions on pandering to marketing makeovers?