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Everything about Taskbar
GUI desktop bar used to manage applications
The taskbar is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, displaying and facilitating switching between running programs. The taskbar and the associated Start Menu were created and named in 1993 by Daniel Oran, a program manager at Microsoft who had previously collaborated on great ape language research with the behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner at Harvard. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TaskbarA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Get Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 97! - Illustrated InteractiveThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Telltale taskbarCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Windows shellA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Window managerA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Get Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 97! - Illustrated InteractiveMac Mendelsohn · 1997
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