explain window 7 gadgets tools and taskbar enhancements
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1) TaskBar :-
One of the biggest changes (visually) that you will notice once you login to
Windows is the new appearance of the TaskBar. Not only is it slightly taller
than before but is also more “glassy”. It also contains a completely new way of working with applications and icons.
2)Application icons :-
Till Windows Vista, icons on the taskbar could do or represent the
following: on the “Quick Launch” bar, the icons would launch the application and
create a new task button on the rest of the taskbar. On the taskbar an icon (and
associated text) would represent a running application and its windows. In
Windows 7 however, these distinctions are done away with. The Quick Launch bar
no longer exists. Instead the icons that exist on the taskbar represent both
icons to launch an application as well as the running applications themselves.
This means that on launching an application from the icon on the taskbar, there
is no new task button created. Instead, the icon itself turns into the task
button that you can click to switch to the running instance. It may sound
confusing at first and might take you a day or two to get used to the idea.
Stick with it for the day and you’ll realize that this is how it should have
always been, with the added advantage of getting tons of free taskbar real
estate for other running apps’ buttons.
But this is not the only change that’s happened. The running and non-running app
icons are differentiated by a subtle glass border. Apps with more than one
windows or tab open (for instance IE or Word), show that with multiple glass
“slabs” representing multiple windows. Running apps are also differentiated upon
when you mouse over the icons. A color sensitive glow tracks the mouse as it
passes over the icon when the app is running making it very clear which is a
running app and which is (for now) a launch icon.
3)Thumbnail previews
Thumbnail previews of running apps are also very much enhanced. Each window
or tab gets its own live preview and you can perform a variety of tasks within
the preview itself without actually switching to the actual application. For
instance, you can use a new feature called “Aero Peek” to quickly “peek” at
another running application’s window without actually losing your place in the
current application by simply hovering for a second over the other app’s
thumbnail preview. All other open windows become completely transparent allowing
you to take a quick look at that other window. Mouse out of the thumbnail and
your current window appears where it was. Another thing that thumbnails allow
you to now do is close the window or even control the application — for
instance, the thumbnail preview of Windows Media Player allows to stop, pause,
skip previous or next and play media — all without having to open the full
interface.
You can rearrange icons by dragging them. Also notice the colored mouse hot tracking effect on the Outlook icon.
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