12-07-2009, 05:05 PM -
Atitlan:
I'm not a TrueSoft newbie, but I am a Windows 7 (W7) newbie, and from that perspective Yuri's 64-bit tear-off toolbar work has saved W7 from unacceptable Taskbar performance. I've attached two .png [1] files showing the sad state of affairs Microsoft has inflicted on W7 buyers. "Toolbar at Bottom.png" shows the W7 toolbar behaving like a good toolbar should, with multiple open applications stacking neatly when its vertical size is increased. Fine, but with modern "Cinemascope" monitors (1600x900 in my case), the screens are too wide and too short to see well except at screen center, from top to bottom. This puts vertical screen space at a premium (at least for me, as my peripheral vision is declining), and forces Taskbar onto the screen sides (in W7, only one side) to free up screen center space for applications (apps). Unfortunately, as shown in the second file, "Toolbar at Side.png", the open apps do not stack together like they should. They just stretch out, leaving little or no space for productive Taskbar/toolbar usage.
So, I hold Youri's work in the utmost esteem in Windows 7. He's filling a genuine productivity need for W7 folks. Yuri does good work. In fact, I think he does great work!
[1] What is the most efficient picture file type for this forum (.gif, .tiff, etc.)? The only reason I attached .png files is that's what W7 wanted to generate.
I'm not a TrueSoft newbie, but I am a Windows 7 (W7) newbie, and from that perspective Yuri's 64-bit tear-off toolbar work has saved W7 from unacceptable Taskbar performance. I've attached two .png [1] files showing the sad state of affairs Microsoft has inflicted on W7 buyers. "Toolbar at Bottom.png" shows the W7 toolbar behaving like a good toolbar should, with multiple open applications stacking neatly when its vertical size is increased. Fine, but with modern "Cinemascope" monitors (1600x900 in my case), the screens are too wide and too short to see well except at screen center, from top to bottom. This puts vertical screen space at a premium (at least for me, as my peripheral vision is declining), and forces Taskbar onto the screen sides (in W7, only one side) to free up screen center space for applications (apps). Unfortunately, as shown in the second file, "Toolbar at Side.png", the open apps do not stack together like they should. They just stretch out, leaving little or no space for productive Taskbar/toolbar usage.
So, I hold Youri's work in the utmost esteem in Windows 7. He's filling a genuine productivity need for W7 folks. Yuri does good work. In fact, I think he does great work!
[1] What is the most efficient picture file type for this forum (.gif, .tiff, etc.)? The only reason I attached .png files is that's what W7 wanted to generate.
Thanks.
RetiredEngineer
RetiredEngineer