【Vista之家译】微软开始考虑替换Windows任务栏

【Vista之家译】微软开始考虑替换Windows任务栏

对于Windows用户来说，任务栏是个再熟悉不过的东西了。在7月12日，微软签署了一项专利，从这份专利中透露出来的消息，微软可能开始考虑用某种新的界面来替换任务栏了。

Windows的爱好者们，一直希望微软能对起交互界面进行改进。比如Vista中的Sidebar，当时本来是要取代任务栏的。可是最后任务栏还是留了下来，而且没多大改进。

微软这次签署的专利案，也许是Windows革新的一个新的开始吧。

Vista之家（www.vista123.com）特别提供英文原文如下：

Microsoft files patent for possible taskbar replacement

method for managing windows in a display?would sound particularly familiar to every Windows user as 搕hat strip at the bottom of the screen with the Start button and clock?or perhaps the more formal name, the taskbar. On July 12 the Patent Office processed a patent application from Microsoft filed on the 9th of February, 2006 of what appears to be a possible alternative for the decade-old taskbar we all know and cherish in Windows.

Time and time again, Windows enthusiasts have jumped on the idea of replacing the taskbar in the 憂ext?version of Windows as one of the most revolutionary user interface changes Microsoft can make. For Windows Vista (Longhorn), the center of attention was the sidebar before undergoing major feature-reduction surgery in 2005 - a lot of people fantasized about how the sidebar could become the taskbar replacement, however that soon worn-off.