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Old 09-29-2006   #6 (permalink)
Lang Murphy


 
 

Re: window previews on taskbar

Hmmm... move the mouse. As someone else queried... how does the mouse move
over the taskbar while you're typing? Seems like an anomaly to me... but I'm
not saying your observation has no value.

Lang

"nameless fella" <namelessfella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40BF2E60-C991-490A-8884-FE44A2DB2E7E@microsoft.com...
>I like the way Vista shows miniature versions of application windows when I
> hover over the taskbar button. But there is an issue with it. If I am
> typing
> something and accidentally move the mouse pointer to the taskbar, the
> miniature preview still appears and DOES NOT GO AWAY even when the typing
> cursor moves and goes "under" the preview, effectively not allowing me to
> see
> what I am typing.
>
> In any case, when I am typing I am probably not looking at the
> mini-preview.
> So I would like the preview to disappear as soon as I start typing, pretty
> much like when the pointer disappears in XP (or in Office Suite. I don't
> remember). May be it can reappear after 2-3 seconds of inactivity.
> Reappearance is optional but being unable to see what I am typing is a
> real
> bugger for me.
>
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