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Re:Hands on preview of Windows 7: Hey, it looks surprisingly... by dcurtis on Tuesday October 28, 2008 @03:46PM (#346687)
Unlike KDE, Gnome, OS X, etc, Windows' taskbar never shuts up. It always pops up annoying bubbles, makes clicking sounds, randomly shows and hides icons, and doesn't standardize the way you can add/remove icons.

OS X fails a bit in this area, too, as it's not intuitive to remove items from the menubar.

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Re:Hands on preview of Windows 7: Hey, it looks surprisingly... by greyhat on Tuesday October 28, 2008 @08:01PM (#346949)
Hmm, maybe more people agree with this guy than I thought. I have used all of the windowing systems I mentioned, and I vastly prefer being able to see open windows, with the few things that need to run in the background being tucked away in the tray. The OS X dock just seems wierd to me, in terms of being able to quickly access open windows and to get a good idea what is running on your system.
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