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Windows Taskbar Tip.
Hello,
After 1 year and 3 months of using a widescreen... I got used to having a HUGE wide taskbar with lots and lots and lots of applications open. And maybe Windows XP 64 Pro is smarter at display the little titles in the taskbar... Or maybe I choose grouping or something. Now I can't stand the old windows xp pro 32 bit taskbar anymore.... When I have like 10 or 20 windows open... it's hard to navigate the taskbar... kinda like a design mistake. And here is how to fix it A BIG TIP: Unlock the taskbar. Place the taskbar vertically. Make it autohide. And make it wider. Now all window titles are bigger and cleary readible... which makes it much more pleasantly and faster to navigate... otherwise I had to click on each ****ing little icon in the taskbar to find the correct window... Now I can just see much, much more ! Actually my mum's pc had something like that Maybe my mum actually dragged it away or something I don't know but it's definetly more handy to have the taskbar vertically ! Especially on small monitors !!! So I say: BIG DESIGN MISTAKE FROM MICROSOFT by placing it horizontally It does take getting used to though. And now the little icons like networking or so can't be seen... so that's a little compromise... maybe a little box that would remain on screen just for those little icons could be handy... Also it would be much more handy... if the "windows" button the keyboard did not automatically go to the start button.. but simple display the taskbar because now it expands the start group etc.. I don't want that. I just want to use the window button to display the taskbar. (Also choose taskbar always on top, just to make sure it's over all other windows when it expands) I am definetly switching much more accurately and faster between windows now. I like it ! Bye, Skybuck. |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
READ ERROR
IGNOR or RETRY? I |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
You might like the alt-tab replacement powertoy from MS... You just click
your center mouse button and a bunch of mini windows open up of the running programs on the task bar. Select one and you are there. Go here for the link... http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog...7F3!1708.entry "Skybuck" wrote in message ups.com... Hello, After 1 year and 3 months of using a widescreen... I got used to having a HUGE wide taskbar with lots and lots and lots of applications open. And maybe Windows XP 64 Pro is smarter at display the little titles in the taskbar... Or maybe I choose grouping or something. Now I can't stand the old windows xp pro 32 bit taskbar anymore.... When I have like 10 or 20 windows open... it's hard to navigate the taskbar... kinda like a design mistake. And here is how to fix it A BIG TIP: Unlock the taskbar. Place the taskbar vertically. Make it autohide. And make it wider. Now all window titles are bigger and cleary readible... which makes it much more pleasantly and faster to navigate... otherwise I had to click on each ****ing little icon in the taskbar to find the correct window... Now I can just see much, much more ! Actually my mum's pc had something like that Maybe my mum actually dragged it away or something I don't know but it's definetly more handy to have the taskbar vertically ! Especially on small monitors !!! So I say: BIG DESIGN MISTAKE FROM MICROSOFT by placing it horizontally It does take getting used to though. And now the little icons like networking or so can't be seen... so that's a little compromise... maybe a little box that would remain on screen just for those little icons could be handy... Also it would be much more handy... if the "windows" button the keyboard did not automatically go to the start button.. but simple display the taskbar because now it expands the start group etc.. I don't want that. I just want to use the window button to display the taskbar. (Also choose taskbar always on top, just to make sure it's over all other windows when it expands) I am definetly switching much more accurately and faster between windows now. I like it ! Bye, Skybuck. |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:12:11 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote: Skybuck wrote: [snip] Actually my mum's pc had something like that You came up out of the basement long enough to actually see this? it was probaby a full moon martin |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
Skybuck wrote:
[snip] Actually my mum's pc had something like that You came up out of the basement long enough to actually see this? -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Why do mountain climbers rope themselves together? A: To prevent the sensible ones from going home. |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
martin wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:12:11 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Skybuck wrote: [snip] Actually my mum's pc had something like that You came up out of the basement long enough to actually see this? it was probaby a full moon martin I vote for, "The basement was flooded" -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:12:11 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote: Skybuck wrote: [snip] Actually my mum's pc had something like that You came up out of the basement long enough to actually see this? The more people that kill-filter this blathering idiot, the less of it's drivel I have to read from people replying to it. Capice? |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:05:32 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: martin wrote: On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:12:11 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Skybuck wrote: [snip] Actually my mum's pc had something like that You came up out of the basement long enough to actually see this? it was probaby a full moon martin I vote for, "The basement was flooded" With what, dead motherboards? |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
martin wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:05:32 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: martin wrote: On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:12:11 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Skybuck wrote: [snip] Actually my mum's pc had something like that You came up out of the basement long enough to actually see this? it was probaby a full moon martin I vote for, "The basement was flooded" With what, dead motherboards? Drool, when he's doing online shopping. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Windows Taskbar Tip.
"John" wrote in message ... READ ERROR IGNOR or RETRY? I ABORT. |
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