Taskbars: Normal or Auto-hide *POLL*

[MAME]

Inspired by this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1604680&enterthread=y

Do you have your taskbar on Auto-hide?

 

[MX2]

Auto Hide all the way

 

[eakers]

always normal.

 

[boyRacer]

normal

in XP, i think the way it hides or pops back up is cheesy

 

[mpitts]

Auto-hide is only for people who are doing stuff at work that they shouldn't be.

 

[HN]

No Auto-Hide (i'm so used to looking at the clock)
Always on-top (of other windows)
No hiding inactive icons

 

[Shawn]

No, Auto-hide sucks

 

[Tom]

I just turned it on, I forgot how bad it sucks !

 

[MAME]

Hahaha, yes! Auto-hide is getting its ass kicked

 

[dullard]

Auto-hide can far more productive for people who actually do work on their computer.

For example, many people use a resolution that is 1024 pixels high. What is the difference for that resolution? There are many, including:
[*]Microsoft Word. With default Word settings (and default 1" margins) and with auto-hide off, you must scroll to see all the text on one page at 100% zoom. With auto-hide on, you can fit all the text on the page at the same time at 100% zoom.
[*]Adobe Acrobat Reader. Same thing as Word. With auto-hide off, you must scroll to see one full page at 100% zoom. With auto-hide on, you get it all.
[*]Excel. 53 rows at 100% zoom with auto-hide on. 51 with auto-hide off. 4% more data is visible, and 4% less scrolling.
[*]Visual Basic (similar for other languages). 55 lines of code vs 53 lines of code.

Similar major cutoffs occur at other resolutions.

 

[rh71]

Not only do I keep it visible, it's double-stacked for multi-tasking goodness.

 

[spherrod]

normal and double stacked

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: rh71
Not only do I keep it visible, it's double-stacked for multi-tasking goodness.

I think that stupid green start button makes double stacking look odd...

 

[Leper Messiah]

Um. hell no. How am I supposed to know what time it is? Plus the pop up is really annoying.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: bR

Originally posted by: rh71
Not only do I keep it visible, it's double-stacked for multi-tasking goodness.

I think that stupid green start button makes double stacking look odd...

I wouldn't know - first thing I do on a new install is switch to classic view.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: rh71
Not only do I keep it visible, it's double-stacked for multi-tasking goodness.

same here.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: bR

Originally posted by: rh71
Not only do I keep it visible, it's double-stacked for multi-tasking goodness.

I think that stupid green start button makes double stacking look odd...

I wouldn't know - first thing I do on a new install is switch to classic view.

ahhh...

but the regular theme doesn't look so bad if you've got some gigantic monitor and running high res... too bad i dont.

 

[StageLeft]

Autohide is crap.

 

[FoBoT]

Auto-hide sucks

 

[Leper Messiah]

I want to say congrats to skoorb for hitting 50k, because by the time I come back tomorrow, it'll already have gone by...nef!

 

[aeroguy]

I hate auto-hide

 

[n7]

Auto-hide for sure

I'm surprised so few use it.

 

[Kelemvor]

I hate auto-hide. I don't like the delay when I want my start button and I don't like going for something near the bottom of the window and having the stupid bar come up and then having to wait for it to go away. Auto-hide sucks.

 

[Patt]

I hate auto-hide ... if I need the extra space I close down the bar for good, not so it'll pop up whenever I'm close to it.

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: dullard
Auto-hide can far more productive for people who actually do work on their computer.

For example, many people use a resolution that is 1024 pixels high. What is the difference for that resolution? There are many, including:
[*]Microsoft Word. With default Word settings (and default 1" margins) and with auto-hide off, you must scroll to see all the text on one page at 100% zoom. With auto-hide on, you can fit all the text on the page at the same time at 100% zoom.
[*]Adobe Acrobat Reader. Same thing as Word. With auto-hide off, you must scroll to see one full page at 100% zoom. With auto-hide on, you get it all.
[*]Excel. 53 rows at 100% zoom with auto-hide on. 51 with auto-hide off. 4% more data is visible, and 4% less scrolling.
[*]Visual Basic (similar for other languages). 55 lines of code vs 53 lines of code.

Similar major cutoffs occur at other resolutions.

eh, those 2 lines don't really matter anyway. You can just look at 98% to make up for it