Taskbar

  The Windows API Code Pack for the .NET Framework is a managed library for building applications that light up on Windows 7. It provides access to new user interface features (taskbar jump lists, libraries, sensor platform and more) as well as "behind the scenes" features that make…

By now you’ll have probably heard that Internet Explorer 9 Beta has been released. As reported by PC World, it’s been a popular download with over 2 million installs in the first 48 hours.  IE9 comes witha host of speed and feature enhancements that users and developers alike will love. One of…

ISV Architect Evangelist Patrick Foley talks with Dewey Hou and Dean Craven from TechSmith about how TechSmith uses Windows 7 jump lists and task bar progress in Camtasia Studio, the popular screen recording and production software. Snagit, and Morae are also discussed, along with what to…

In this screencast we visit with Ken Schultz of Jack Henry to see how WPF 4 and other technologies are helping them create a consistent user experience across a large set of applications. We take a look at their “Xperience” composite application shell, and we get to see how they’ve integrated…

Ari Smith from Next Generation Logistics talks about their FreightMaster product as well as their work with Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV and Dynamics GP. In particular Ari tells us about their success building a WPF application and taking advantage of Windows 7 light up features such…

The new tools and features in Windows 7 give developers the ability to build better applications and create seamless user-experiences more productively. Join us as we talk with Mark Russinovich about multi-touch, version checking, the taskbar, and more.MSDN Radio is a weekly Developer talk-show that…

I just discovered an app called Jumplist Launcher via a post on Freeware Genius about apps that work well in the Windows 7 taskbar. This program definitely sounds handy! Instead of accessing the jump list for an individual program, the app lets you pin a jump list for a combination of programs,…

Over on the (unofficial) SevenForums site, one user has come up with a way to insert spaces into your Windows 7 taskbar so you can create separated icon groups. The trick involves creating some blank shortcuts that lead to a fake program and pinning those shortcuts to the taskbar. To facilitate…

This is the six and last screencast in a series of Windows 7 screencasts for showing developers how to use the taskbar to Light Up their applications on Windows 7. Out of the box, the Windows 7 taskbar provides support for tabbed thumbnails. For example, when Internet Explorer uses tabs, they…

This is the fifth screencast in a series of Windows 7 screencasts for showing developers how to use the taskbar to Light Up their applications on Windows 7. Out of the box, the Windows 7 taskbar provides support for thumbnail and previews, which make it easier for users to preview running…