How the new taskbar works in Windows 7

With its new and latest version of Windows, version 7, Microsoft has truly raised the bar, pardon the pun, on functionality and ease of use for personal computers.

All versions of Windows have had a task bar, it's the little bar at the bottom of the Windows screen that shows you which applications are running, and that allows you to quickly switch between them by simply clicking on them (or to open and run new applications on newer versions of Windows.) The problem, up until now, is that once you have more applications running than there is room to fit on that bar, the taskbar rather folds up on you, and you have to click on the one link, then choose from a list that never really described which was which.

Not any more. The new taskbar is now rich and rife with information; and it's customizable as well.

First of all, it looks different; the icons are bigger and easier to identify. Second of all, hovering over an icon shows you an instant graphical tiny window type list of all of your open instances of that application. Then, if you slide your cursor over the little graphical windows, each will be shown in full size preview mode, so you can be sure of which you want. Then, it's just a matter of clicking that preview, and it becomes the real view, and you can't tell the difference. It's just there now.

One of the cool things is that this same approach works for any type of application. If you have multiple Word documents say, and you want to jump to a different one, all you have to do is slide your cursor down to the taskbar, hover over the Word icon, slide your cursor over the different mini windows, then click on the one you want.

And the other cool thing is that the icons are also the means by which you launch application. All you have to do is put your cursor over the application you want to launch and click.

But of course, that's not all. It's also infinitely easier to get those icons onto your task bar. All you have to do is click the Windows logo ball at the bottom left side of the screen, move to where your application resides, and then drag it down to the taskbar, where it will be "pinned" to your taskbar and available for use immediately thereafter.

And there is one more thing, that is maybe even cooler. If you hover over any of your pinned applications, and click the right mouse button, you'll get a list of your most recently opened documents in that one application, saving you from having to first open the document, then using the most recent list in that application.

How the new taskbar works in Windows 7

By: Collin Short

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