Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 26 20:00:49 CST 2014
No graphics here John. You should know that by now. As list helper I saw the rejected message though ;-) Yes window 8.1 shows the multiple instances of your browsers in a list. The list for me goes sideways instead of vertical and it's shrunken screen images but it IS the list you desire. I don't use calculator or sticky notes. Boot to desktop is now the default too. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:33 PM, John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote: > OK Gustav, Here is what I am reading: > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/use-the-taskbar > > Nowhere does it mention the functionality that I mention. > > 1) Always combine, hide label. NOT what I am doing > 2) Combine when taskbar is full. NOT what I am doing. > 3) Never combine. Not what I am doing. > > So... > > > > The following is what I currently see when I hover over the chrome Icon. > I can simply hover and click on "Apple warns" and that copy of Chrome > comes to the front. > > Does your task bar work that way? Can you make it work that way? If not, > WHY NOT? It is the way I do business. > > Can you hover over and get context sensitive menus from which you can > select things? Can you do so without the mouse (obviously not)? If not > why not? This is basic power user functionality. I learned to do this > stuff years ago. It is highly useful stuff. Are we throwing all that away > so that we can pinch and zoom? Why? Is this "least common denominator"? > > Open the metro equivalent of the calculator. Does it fill the whole > screen? WHY??? Is my entire 23" screen really required for the > calculator? I am old but I don't need a calculator that big to be able to > see it. Open the metro equivalent of the sticky notes. Does it fill the > whole screen? Why? I am just jotting down a phone number. Is this > "everything will fill the whole screen" REALLY a good idea??? > > It feels like 1/2 of the world has drunk the koolade, and is chasing me > around trying to get me to drink it as well. > > > John W. Colby > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com