Comments on: Windows 7 Taskbar Reviewed

By: James

James — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:10:56 +0000

I hated it at first due to the “Show Desktop” being misplaced. I have since found a way to move back next to the start orb. Frankly I was tired of accidently launching the program beside the orb expecting show desktop.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:51:13 +0000

@Rob

I’m not sure I follow what you mean– if you think that the icons themselves are randomly ordered on the taskbar, then you should know something that the article leaves out: the icons are completely re-orderable by drag-and-drop. I should hope you know that, since you probably have used the OS. The article didn’t mention giving previews per-tab in IE, so you must have known some other way.

Else, if you mean that the tab instances within IE only are randomly ordered, then I would remind you that this build is just the official beta, which is not the RC, which is not the actual release. I’m sure it won’t stay that way.

Either way, I think I disagree with you.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:23:44 +0000

The taskbar – nice idea, poor execution.

Take switching between Internet Explorer windows.

XP and Vista left them in the order they were opened, and grouped by program instances.

Windows 7 adds graphic previews and tab instances, but there is no order of opening or grouping according to open programs, they are all treated as one ordered randomly as far i can tell.

Ease of switching – give with one hand, take with the other.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:41:13 +0000

The taskbar is excellent in Win7. Those who would rather stick to XP are insane. And I don’t say that because of simple aesthetics. XP is dated. Just let it die.

The screen shots shown here are quite ugly… they’re not using the default glass theme. The above comments about MS sticking to the box graphics is shamelessly untrue. Switch the skin to the correct native feel, and it’s fantastic.

By: ThePCPro

ThePCPro — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:46:51 +0000

I Love the Windows 7 Taskbar. It is confusing a bit but since I’ve read so much about it on the net and use the Beta at my home, it’s way easier than anything I’ve experienced before.

By: wrathchild

wrathchild — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:06:46 +0000

MS needs to get more creative and stop using square graphics circa 1970. Once again creativity is not MS strong point. I don’t expect them to copy the mac or rocketdock, but those two “taskbars” are much more appealing asthetically.

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:23:54 +0000

I dislike it frankly…will be sticking with XP till TaskbarShuffle or some other utility disables the new behavior of grouping same app together.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:08:55 +0000

I use it as my main OS at home and at work and haven’t had any major issues. Can’t wait for RTM!

By: Nestor

Nestor — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:15:41 +0000

I’ve been trying the beta 7000 for quite a while now and the taskbar is great, you do get lost the first couple of times but once you get used to it, a lot of things become much easier and faster. I think this is a great step forward.
For a beta this is an extremely stable version, I use it for everyday work and it runs flawlessly.
Hopefully they’ll add a few thing that makes it better for the final release!

By: SLam

SLam — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:05:11 +0000

It grew on me and now I am liking it.