Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Sep 2008 17:57 UTC
Back when Microsoft's Julie Larson-Green demonstrated Windows 7's multitouch framework during the All Things Digital conference, many noted the different taskbar that she was using on the demo machine. When Walt Mossberg asked her about it, she smiled and replied "It's something we're working on for Windows 7 and I'm not supposed to talk about right now, today..." Personally, I was quite intrigued by this revamped taskbar, seeing how static and old the current one already is (Windows 95, people). Microsoft has remained mum on the issue ever since, but last Tuesday, the silence was broken when Microsoft's Chaitanya Sareen posted a detailed entry on the taskbar on the Engineering Windows 7 blog.
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2005-07-06
(or maybe it should be named windowbar?)
the first idea/problem there would be, what if one could hook up multiple displays and inputs to a single machine, and have each set control a separate user session?
hell, the same user could run as a common user in one session and admin in another, so no need for role escalation (or whatever its called).
but the problem, for microsoft, with a setup like this is that of licenses. if a home user license can do what one need expensive multi user licenses for in the office they may implode their own market.
iirc, that was what killed of the "partner" to the tabletpc, the "smartdisplay" (a wince tablet with the ability to access the windows desktop by wifi).