One of the new things that anyone would notice immediately in Windows 7 is the new Taskbar. Microsoft internally calls it "Superbar". The Windows Taskbar has come a long way since Windows 95 was released. With the help of the Taskbar, it becomes easier to see what are the programs currently running, switching between applications and also to access your favorites using the Quick Launch.
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For many, Windows 7"s Superbar looks bigger than the Windows Vista"s Taskbar. Long Zheng has taken steps to prove that, after all the Superbar is not that big.
Long has found that the Windows Start button is actually shrunk by about 8 pixels. Quick launch items are given more than twice the width and three times the width with Windows 7"s small and large icons respectively. The application icons in the Taskbar remain the same.
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Superbar is an evolved version of the Windows Vista"s Taskbar and has really good features like Jump Lists, Unification, Interactive & Grouped Thumbnails, Aero Peek, Thumbnail Toolbars and Color Hot-track. It looks different, yet familiar!