Windows 7 taskbar: Most interesting part of new OS?
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Among Microsoft Windows 7's features, a taskbar overhaul is arguably the feature in Microsoft's upcoming OS that has aroused the most interest. But it's also the most cloaked in mystery, as it was not part of the pre-beta Windows 7 software handed out to attendees at Microsoft's PDC last month.
Unified Quick Launch and taskbandMicrosoft has merged Quick Launch and the taskband into a big, happy launching and switching family. Buttons in the Quick Launch bar that open a program turn into a window switcher when launched.