11-26-2003, 04:19 AM -
My request is simple: that you can select a "hover toolbar", which replaces the normal one when you hover your mouse over the tlb... when you move your mouse out of the tlb area, it goes back to normal.
The idea is most controls either mainly show information but don't do much when you click them (netmon, mbm, etc), or are mainly functional but don't display any information (there are some exceptions, e.g. the volume control). So when your mouse is over the bar all you really want are your functional controls because you're ready to do something. But when your pointer is somewhere else, there's no point your shortcuts/menus just sitting there.
Hope you like (and implement) my idea... as you can see, I like to keep a very compact bar
The idea is most controls either mainly show information but don't do much when you click them (netmon, mbm, etc), or are mainly functional but don't display any information (there are some exceptions, e.g. the volume control). So when your mouse is over the bar all you really want are your functional controls because you're ready to do something. But when your pointer is somewhere else, there's no point your shortcuts/menus just sitting there.
Hope you like (and implement) my idea... as you can see, I like to keep a very compact bar