At 3/9/2006 06:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:

>Yes, the Taskbar is used to launch applications, but not via the
>"bar" part of it, but from a separate menu. In the original
>implementation of the Taskbar (Win95) there was no iconic
>representation of non-running programs for launching applications,
>except in the Start menu. Around the time just before Win98 was
>released, an upgrade to IE4 added the Quicklaunch bar to the Taskbar,
>which was the first instance of program launching icons in the
>Taskbar.

Yes, David is correct on this point.

The QuickLaunch bar that is embedded in the Taskbar is still part of IE in WinXP.

Phil Daley          < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley



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