Does the new Windows 7 taskbar look like the KDE 4 taskbar?

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They both share similarities with Vista. There is an
underlying insinuation that Microsoft "stole" from
KDE. I think its quite obvious that KDE is heavily
inspired by Vista - only a true Linux fan would never
know as he can diss Vista and Microsoft without ever
running the software.

I find it interesting that the new taskbar blurs the
distinction between running windows and applications.
After all it is us dinosaurs who are used to think in
terms like processes, running programs etc.

If you take a step back it makes perfect sense that
you can interact with the Excel button whether there
is an excel process or not. It is Excel right there.
Why should I have to doubleclick it to start
interacting with (the process) Excel? I think it is a
stroke of genius to drag parts of the application
menu/commands out into the icons/taskbar and to center
on applications instead of processes.

After all, the distinction between the OS menu and the
applications' menus are mostly dictated by history and
technicalities. But for most users they are just ways
to interact with the computer. Windows have become the
visible part of processes. An application needs (in
conventional wisdom) a process to be able to interact
with the user. Starting a process is - for historical
reasons - an explicit action: A double-click (on
Windows). But it need not be that way. Personally I
look forward to trying this out.

Posted by: honeymonster   Posted on: 12/29/08  (Edited: 12/29/2008 @ 05:09) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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