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- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA USA
One thing that always bothered me was when the toolbar icon enlarges itself when the program becomes active.
The reason is that I have several side by side that I use a lot. For example the first thing I do each day is click the email reader and the browser on the toolbar. The email icon alters size at the moment I click it so I sometimes end up clicking it twice instead of the browser icon that just moved. It's as if you turn the ignition on your car and the steering moves away from you. Almost as bad as modal dialogs that steal the focus just as you are about the enter a carriage return in another control and now you've just said OK to something you've never read.
Is there anyway to prevent this? The change in taskbar icon, that is, (but if you can remove or disable modal dialogs, I'd like that, too!)
Older versions of Windows started up a task tab on the toolbar and left the icon alone. That was when it was called Quicklaunch, I guess. That's not around anymore.
Oh, I really have been waiting so long for voice recognition. I hope this tactile phase of GUI control doesn't last much longer.
The reason is that I have several side by side that I use a lot. For example the first thing I do each day is click the email reader and the browser on the toolbar. The email icon alters size at the moment I click it so I sometimes end up clicking it twice instead of the browser icon that just moved. It's as if you turn the ignition on your car and the steering moves away from you. Almost as bad as modal dialogs that steal the focus just as you are about the enter a carriage return in another control and now you've just said OK to something you've never read.
Is there anyway to prevent this? The change in taskbar icon, that is, (but if you can remove or disable modal dialogs, I'd like that, too!)
Older versions of Windows started up a task tab on the toolbar and left the icon alone. That was when it was called Quicklaunch, I guess. That's not around anymore.
Oh, I really have been waiting so long for voice recognition. I hope this tactile phase of GUI control doesn't last much longer.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom-build
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
- Memory
- 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
- Sound Card
- Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W2353V
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
- PSU
- Corsair AX850 Gold
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
- Cooling
- ThermalTake Silent 1156
- Keyboard
- Logitech K520
- Mouse
- Logitech M310
- Internet Speed
- 7Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky
- Other Info
- Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
NI Kore controller;
NI Maschine controller;
M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;
... and tons of audio software ...
I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency