If you ve been using Windows for awhile, you re already familiar with the taskbar, that little strip of real estate at the bottom of the desktop. You will find the Windows 7 taskbar, however, to be a bit different from what you re used to. In previous versions of Windows, the taskbar existed to show you which programs or documents were currently open in Windows. Every open application or document had its own button on the taskbar; you could easily switch from one open window to another by clicking the appropriate taskbar button.
That changed a little with Windows XP, when Microsoft added a Quick Launch toolbar that you could dock to the taskbar. The Quick Launch toolbar could be configured with buttons for your favorite apps, which could then be quickly launched from the toolbar which, when docked, appeared to be part of the taskbar. In Windows XP, the Quick Launch toolbar was activated by default; it was still around in Windows Vista, but not automatically displayed. Well, in Windows 7, the taskbar takes on the attributes of the traditional taskbar plus the old Quick Launch toolbar and a little more.
Title : What’s New About the Windows 7 Taskbar
Description : If you ve been using Windows for awhile, you re already familiar with the taskbar, that little strip of real estate at the bottom...
