Comments on: Microsoft files patent for possible taskbar replacement http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/ All the stuff about Microsoft and technology you haven't read anywhere else. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:58:32 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jayzon http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-65232 Jayzon Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:22:18 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-65232 I've dreaming of something like that before since Windows 98. Good for developers who used to open a lot of apps for their development process.. I’ve dreaming of something like that before since Windows 98. Good for developers who used to open a lot of apps for their development process..

]]> By: paul lee http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-59606 paul lee Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:25:56 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-59606 갑자기 컴퓨터 아래부분 이나오지않습니다.그곳엔 시작버튼과 여러가지 버튼들이 있는태스크 바가 있는데 보이지 않으니 쓸수가 없습니다. 갑자기 컴퓨터 아래부분 이나오지않습니다.그곳엔 시작버튼과 여러가지 버튼들이 있는태스크 바가 있는데 보이지 않으니 쓸수가 없습니다.

]]> By: Edwin http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-45626 Edwin Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:37:08 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-45626 Excellent diagram! This diagram represent the application with which the window is associated. Clippings “distill” the information contained in a window to make it easier for users to quickly understand the status of the window and the task for which the window was created. Excellent diagram!
This diagram represent the application with which the window is associated. Clippings “distill” the information contained in a window to make it easier for users to quickly understand the status of the window and the task for which the window was created.

]]> By: Alex Watson » Blog Archive » A hint at what's next for the Windows interace http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-35227 Alex Watson » Blog Archive » A hint at what's next for the Windows interace Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:11:30 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-35227 [...] appeared on Techmeme showing that Microsoft has just filed a rather interesting patent application. Blogger Long Zheng uncovered it, and his post gives a thorough run down of what MS may (or may not) be up to for a future version [...] [...] appeared on Techmeme showing that Microsoft has just filed a rather interesting patent application. Blogger Long Zheng uncovered it, and his post gives a thorough run down of what MS may (or may not) be up to for a future version [...]

]]> By: Chaos sanctuary http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-34561 Chaos sanctuary Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:36:34 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-34561 <strong>S dovolením bych si dovolila pár linkù na dovolenou...</strong> Pøednášky z atmedia, a ètení o foldu, o googlu, o mikrosoftu, špetka váleènictví, a nìjaké mapy, abyste se v síti neztratili. Ale žhavé novinky to nejsou, takže jste to možná èetli (pokraèujte v odpoèívání, prosím), a jestli ne... S dovolením bych si dovolila pár linkù na dovolenou…

Pøednášky z atmedia, a ètení o foldu, o googlu, o mikrosoftu, špetka váleènictví, a nìjaké mapy, abyste se v síti neztratili. Ale žhavé novinky to nejsou, takže jste to možná èetli (pokraèujte v odpoèívání, prosím), a jestli ne…

]]> By: Daniel R. H. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-33995 Daniel R. H. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:59:22 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-33995 To RUSTY: Remember that most forums and web pages are used for support and shows the people problems and not the good things of Vista, is good that you try trial/demo/unactivated version of vista, if everything works good then buy the license. To RUSTY:
Remember that most forums and web pages are used for support and shows the people problems and not the good things of Vista, is good that you try trial/demo/unactivated version of vista, if everything works good then buy the license.

]]> By: molotov http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-33617 molotov Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:40:28 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-33617 @Brandon Live "The Windows setup of quick launch + taskbar makes far more sense, seperating the launcher from “running tasks” and providing a more consistent experience and a simple view of what’s currently running." If in OS X I have ten dock items and I open all ten of those programs, I still only have ten icons on my bar/dock/screen. In XP, If I have ten icons in the quick launch bar, and open ten programs, I now have ten tabs, plus ten icons (assuming I'm not using the expandable menu and it's in the default location). Separating the launch-icons from the programs makes less sense. I can't stand explorer.exe anyway. I use litestep. Kevin - The F9 key is Expose, right? This looks absolutely nothing like that. Expose is much more comparable to Alt+Tab, Flip3D, etc. @Brandon Live

“The Windows setup of quick launch + taskbar makes far more sense, seperating the launcher from “running tasks” and providing a more consistent experience and a simple view of what’s currently running.”

If in OS X I have ten dock items and I open all ten of those programs, I still only have ten icons on my bar/dock/screen. In XP, If I have ten icons in the quick launch bar, and open ten programs, I now have ten tabs, plus ten icons (assuming I’m not using the expandable menu and it’s in the default location).

Separating the launch-icons from the programs makes less sense. I can’t stand explorer.exe anyway. I use litestep.

Kevin -

The F9 key is Expose, right? This looks absolutely nothing like that. Expose is much more comparable to Alt+Tab, Flip3D, etc.

]]> By: nawaskhan http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-33561 nawaskhan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:45:35 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-33561 okay okay

]]> By: Rusty http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-33517 Rusty Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:13:37 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-33517 is Vista reliable to use? i mean on web lots of people say it is not good for using at all... is Vista reliable to use? i mean on web lots of people say it is not good for using at all…

]]> By: tom hodgins http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-33491 tom hodgins Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:05:46 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070715/microsoft-patent-taskbar-replacement/#comment-33491 Well, I am training to he a user experience designer, and I really get annoyed at patents like this. Who's to say the open-source projects I've worked on in the past didn't have concepts that would infringe on this patent when it undoubtedly gets approved? We obviously have prior art, but at that point it's almost like reverse onus where we have to prove we had it first to get them to stop. I dislike the way the law is headed in the US, I'm very glad right now and looking into the future, that I'm not there right now. I'll tell you all what, I'm starting a blog on sourceforge where we develop user interface concepts and establish a strong prior art by developing the ideas and concepts to patentable detail, and promptly release them into the open-source community under the GPL. This means anybody and everybody (microsoft included) is free to use them and modify them, sell them whatever they want, but if they use them in something, that entire something must itself assume the same open-source licence, ensuring that the ideas contained within will always be free. Sad to see that microsoft has little creativity left except to rip off Apple, and now apparently ripping off linux and people who develop these ideas for charity essentially. They went from stealing from a competitor to stealing from a church basically. It doesn't get much lower than that. Well, I am training to he a user experience designer, and I really get annoyed at patents like this. Who’s to say the open-source projects I’ve worked on in the past didn’t have concepts that would infringe on this patent when it undoubtedly gets approved? We obviously have prior art, but at that point it’s almost like reverse onus where we have to prove we had it first to get them to stop.

I dislike the way the law is headed in the US, I’m very glad right now and looking into the future, that I’m not there right now.

I’ll tell you all what, I’m starting a blog on sourceforge where we develop user interface concepts and establish a strong prior art by developing the ideas and concepts to patentable detail, and promptly release them into the open-source community under the GPL.

This means anybody and everybody (microsoft included) is free to use them and modify them, sell them whatever they want, but if they use them in something, that entire something must itself assume the same open-source licence, ensuring that the ideas contained within will always be free.

Sad to see that microsoft has little creativity left except to rip off Apple, and now apparently ripping off linux and people who develop these ideas for charity essentially. They went from stealing from a competitor to stealing from a church basically. It doesn’t get much lower than that.

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