[openbeos] Re: Microsoft patents taskbar grouping!

  • From: "Bruno van Dooren" <bruno_van_dooren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:11:17 +0200

This is not that strange.
taskbar buttons are about 6 cm long, but only 1 cm high.
this means that using a taskbar on the side of the screen, the desktop
manager can fit much more icons on such a bar than on a bar that is on the
top or bottom of the screen.

grouping then is done only if the whole bar fills up.

kind regards,
    Bruno.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Andersson" <tetsu@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:03 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: Microsoft patents taskbar grouping!


> Scott MacMaster wrote:
>
> >Really?  I've never noticed XP group my buttons.  I suppose it's because
I
> >keep my deskbar on the left side rather bottom.
> >
> >
> >
> Yes, thats true. When you have the deskbar on the side in XP it doesn't
> group the buttons. I don't know if it's a feature or bug, but it is
> irritating...
>
> /Sammy
>
>

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