i had to make an account to post this. hehe.
my family all hates the windows 7 new 'superbar'.
change is not something people usually want forced on them ive noticed. you would think they would have learned that by now.
as for me personally, i use my desktop for downloads and manipulation of files (just as a desk should be used hehe) and temporary places for edited materials. i dont ever use the 'download' folders and such.
being that this is the case, i too have to say i cannot stand and despise the new taskbar as well.
the reason for this for me, is since my desktop IS my desktop, i use the old quicklaunch bar for quickly loading apps.
the rest of the bar is where i can see every single window i have open. the new taskbar forces you to click then find-visually search then click again for a web page, instead of me just seeing it right *their* emediatly where i want it to get it like usual. same for chat or other things. the old bar i can just click their chatname and boom their it is. no searching. no hassle. instant. grouping of windows, hiding icons, and crap like that is always something i turn off on installing a m$ os. also dont care for the default big huge ass icons. yes changed that back to small. i also always put BACK the menu bars they seem to have taken out from everywhere... (msn, ie, explorer, player, etc)
anyways, this 'super' bar is a step back for me in productivity not forwards.
fortunately i can still force windows 7 to have this 'superbar' to be gone and bring back my old one thanks to some websites that explain how. they should have left it as a simple option to contiue to use instead.
ive had to do this for my family members as well. hehe
anyways.. yuck. no sir, i dont like it. if i wasnt able to get the old one back theirs several people over here that wouldnt have used windows 7 at all.
instead of removing options, they should keep the options available that people have been using for a long time; not hiding them. it should be the opposite. made something new? then make it as a new option to use, not the default. options are nice to have. 'depreciation'? yea ok...
had a friend that bought a new laptop then found out their were no xp drivers for it at all, and ended up installing linux/openoffice on it. this is how bad some folks have not taken kindly to vista and 7 so far. just a fact to keep in mind.
some people on here seem to think that if you force people to be around something enough they will get use to it and like it (employees?), instead of giving them alternatives or options.
stockholm syndrom isnt kosher to me. what ever happened to if its not broken dont fix it?
