Windows 7 taskbar autohide is ugly


Recommended Posts

hi everyone.

is there any way to hide in 100% the taskbar? atm, tiny part of it stays on-top of everything and gets me annoyed.

i guess it's problem of all version of windows. here screenshot to see what I mean.

post-299544-1244275131_thumb.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I wish they'd change the sliding auto-hide to one where the taskbar quickly fades in/out when you move the mouse cursor on/off it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I wish they'd change the sliding auto-hide to one where the taskbar quickly fades in/out when you move the mouse cursor on/off it.

Yeah, that would be good. I don't ever hide the taskbar, but fading would be much better than sliding - it's been like that since Windows 95.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I wish they'd change the sliding auto-hide to one where the taskbar quickly fades in/out when you move the mouse cursor on/off it.

Fading in/out would prevent you from clicking anywhere on the bottom of maximized windows. And that would be even more anoying.

Don't hide the taskbar or set it to the left or right. It doesn't take that much space after all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

hi everyone.

is there any way to hide in 100% the taskbar? atm, tiny part of it stays on-top of everything and gets me annoyed.

i guess it's problem of all version of windows. here screenshot to see what I mean.

This is by design to show where taskbar buttons are located for opened apps. So you don't have to wait for the taskbar to move in to know where to put the mouse pointer.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It will be great to have a fade in/out feature, and applications that work along with Win7 feature to automaximize open windows. This way it won't have any problems for those working without a taksbar.

I prefer to see the taskbar, but that's just me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I used to be a minimalist and hated the slight jutting out of the hidden taskbar, but I've grown to see the light and not hiding it.

Doesn't take up much space, the improvement of the resolution on screens helped too I guess.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This problem used to really annoy me when using Windows Vista (as the taskbar was cluttered and ugly then - with labels on taskbar items and things - so I hid it). On Windows Vista, you could see a white line at the botton of the screen after hiding it - it really didn't look nice when you wanted to look at your beautiful desktop. Since using Windows 7, though, I have had no need to hide the taskbar as it is much less cluttered and I actually think it looks really nice :)

This is a problem which Microsoft need to sort out - it seems like they are again focussing on 'the average user' and disadvantaging us users who are actually bothered to look and learn when it comes to using a computer. It's a shame because they obviously have to cater for 'the average user' in order to keep sales high.

This is a problem as it is really nice to have an application really covering the screen - true 'full screen' - sometimes. It's also nice to look at just your desktop background and not have the taskbar there sometimes.

As I say, it's not really a problem for me, since Windows 7, but I can understand how it really would bother many others (it would bother me if I still hid the taskbar).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

if anyone wonders what's that thing in down-right corner -- it's winamp. i'm pleased you like it. to get it have a look here.

that's well said Calum! :) I'm glad that there are some people who share my minialistic point of view. normally, when working I would put my windows-7-cool-aero-peak taskbar on top, but sometimes, when you don't work on dozen of windows, and just want to enjoy your desktop hiding the taskbar is one of things you may want to do.

it's a shame that MS hasn't changed the fashion of autohide feature. but not to be bitchy, I'll be thankful for aero peak.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.