John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:

>On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:50:33 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
><jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
><qbd5d2teaptqfu35na69s1frnlav1ol2n5@4ax.com>:
>
>>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:
>>
>>>Is the icon hidden? Click on (<) to show hidden icons.
>>
>>Better yet, disarm the hidden icon "feature".
>>
>>1. Right click on an empty space on the task bar.
>>2. Select "Properties".
>>3. Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons".

>Yuk. For the average user overwhelmed by crap they don't understand how
>to control, that can nearly obliterate the Task Bar.

OK, I'm not the average user. I have very little running in the
background. Counting icons, I currently have 12 icons. I could
easily disable 4 of them. I do use Quick Launch, which also gobbles
quite a bit of space on the task bar. If I need more space, I either
enlarge the task bar for a 2nd row, or move the taskbar to the right
side of the screen[1] which has more room, especially in a 16:9
screen. What I find offensive with the "Hide Inactive Icons"
misfeature is that it's a moving target. Things appear and disappear.
I usually ask my customers "what has changed" on the screen when
something happens. They always ignore the system tray because of it's
constantly changing contents. When I deliver a machine, it ALWAYS has
the "Hide Incactive Icons" mis-feature disabled. Nobody has
complained or turned it back.

Incidentally, I also turn off the "Audo Hide" feature that provides
yet another moving target.


[1] Move mouse to lower right of screen on top of the time in the task
bar. Press and hold the left mouse button. Move mouse toward right
of screen. Release.

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