One of my favorite features in Windows 7 has to be the redesigned Taskbar. The entire user experience is so smooth, and I think they really went down the right path with it. At work I'm stuck on XP, and I went looking for a way that I could get a lot of the same functionality as what Windows 7 offers.
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In Windows 7 Microsoft has significantly changed the way the Taskbar works, and it's starting to make me wonder if a lot of the items sitting in the System Tray might work their way out onto the Taskbar. What do I mean? A good example is this Gmail Notifier that gHacks found.
There are all kinds of free applications that will let you do things like adjust a window's transparency, minimize it to the System Tray, and pin a window so that it remains on top of all others.
When you're working with a small screen space it's nice to try and squeeze everything you can out of it. That's especially true when you've got a device like the Eee PC who's 7" screen has an 800x480 maximum resolution. As you can imagine you're Taskbar would fill up after opening just a few applications at a resolution like that.
When the first glimpse of the redesigned Microsoft Office 2007 interface hit the web people were worried about how it would affect their productivity. As it turns out almost everyone that I've talked with loves the new interface after they were given a few days to adjust.
One thing that many Vista complaints have in common is that they nearly all say that "it's not Longhorn." That's true, Microsoft made a lot of changes along the road of Vista's development, and they burned through new concepts faster than a Hummer burns through a gallon of gas.
I can't even begin to count how many people have become addicted to closing tabs in their browser using the middle mouse button. If you're one of those people I'm here to tell you that you can carry that feature outside of your browser and onto the Windows Taskbar!
Transbar is a nifty little app for those of you who want to see a little bit more of your desktop background. It weighs in at just 88KB, and after a quick setup process you'll be able to adjust the transparency of your Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Taskbar.
Hard drives are becoming huge these days, and most applications have begun to make use of the abundant space that barely ever gets filled up. I’m a big proponent to full-featured applications as long as they serve a purpose, but size isn’t always the best representation of quality. To prove that, I set out to find 15 top-notch apps that take up little to no room on your hard drive.
