Where do you keep **your** task bar? - Tilted Forum Project - TFP - Sexuality, Philosophy and Political Discussion

marcopolo · 04-20-2003, 07:30 AM

Where do you guys keep your task bar? and Why?

Usually on the bottom and un-hidden. I use my system clock and icons regularly as I like to keep my desktop free of a lot of icons.

jets · 04-20-2003, 07:38 AM

XP: I auto-hide mine at the bottom. I have no icons on my desktop

There's a thread in this forum where you can post your desktop. Check it out there..

Crimson · 04-20-2003, 07:54 AM

On windows I keep it at the bottom - Small size and as little in the tray as possible

On *nix it depends on the WM but I tend to go for an OSX look and with that comes a bar at the top

Grondar · 04-20-2003, 07:58 AM

Windows ME: Keep it at the bottom.

I would like to "Auto-hide" it, but then when I get IMs and such via Trillian I don't see the windows flash. That + the fact that I disable sounds in messaging programs makes it tough to have auto-hide enabled.

Mad_Gecko · 04-20-2003, 08:01 AM

On the bottom, unhidden, very much the same as Crimson. I like to have quick access to Firewall w/out getting out of the browser. I also like being able to see what progs I have running.

At work loads of people have it on the side, that totally throws me. Funny how you get used to one thing and a change screws with your brain.

heyal256 · 04-20-2003, 08:12 AM

I like to keep it on the bottom and unhidden for the clock just like you marco. The other reason is that I have tried moving it elsewhere and I just couldn't work with it like that.

BoCo · 04-20-2003, 08:33 AM

Auto-hid at the bottom, but I usually use my ObjectBar bars I made on the left and right of the screen. Go to the Screenshots thread to see what I'm talking about.

XHydralisk · 04-20-2003, 08:37 AM

Win XP : auto hide at the bottom, I have all my quick links auto hidden on the top or the right, also auto hidden.

genka · 04-20-2003, 08:41 AM

well, I dont have a task bar per-se, but my dock is happily un-hidden on the right side of the screen.

billege · 04-20-2003, 09:14 AM

I can not deal with a hiding task bar. That thing is my bitch, and it stays on the bottom of the page.

Zotz · 04-20-2003, 09:23 AM

On the bottom in plain view

MyFakeAccount · 04-20-2003, 11:52 AM

LiteStep....no taskbar

juanvaldes · 04-20-2003, 02:00 PM

I keep my dock in the top right. This keeps my mouse at the top of the screen for everything and dont' have to go up and down all the time.

Johnny Rotten · 04-20-2003, 02:02 PM

I haven't hid my taskbar since I had a 15" monitor. It annoys

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The_Dude · 04-20-2003, 05:49 PM

bottom unhidden, but usually have the systray reduced (using xp customizations)

labob · 04-20-2003, 05:49 PM

Win XP, on the bottom, unhidden

I used to hide it when I had a 15" monitor. But since I upgraded to a 20" a while back I haven't felt the need for the extra real estate on my desktop.

merkerguitars · 04-20-2003, 07:02 PM

At home I have it un hidden at the bottom and at school for my windows 2000 server I have it on the right side hidden (annoys the teacher)

04-20-2003, 09:04 PM

XP got it on the bottom, double thick, pluss the address bar, not hidden. Then, on the top, i have another double thick links bar that is auto hidden.

Shinryu · 04-20-2003, 09:10 PM

Win XP Pro on the bottom of the screen, unhidden.

poof · 04-20-2003, 09:39 PM

What <i>Jets</i> said. I keep a clean desktop, even after the tittyboard.

a1t3r3g0 · 04-20-2003, 09:57 PM

I leave mine on the bottom, unhidden, and dragged up so there are two rows instead of one and locked in place with the quick launch tool bar in place.

440sixpack · 04-20-2003, 10:02 PM

I must be the different one, the taskbar is at the top of my screen, unhidden. I just find it more natural to pull down through menus than push up.

GreasyP · 04-20-2003, 10:16 PM

My main one's at the top, then I have a second one at the bottom. And a big ol' sidebar. It's weird, I used to be all about uncluttered desktops... but I love having everything this way. Guess I've gone over to the dark side

No icons on the desktop, though. I hate icons. Look at the desktop screenshot thread.

Ambition · 04-20-2003, 10:32 PM

I can never get used to it anywhere except the bottom. Unhidden and with the quick launch on. XP platform.

sngx1275 · 04-20-2003, 10:49 PM

Currently its on the left, was on the right but I had a particularly good desktop pic that I didn't feel like photochopping to get it to look good with my bar on the right.

I don't see how you guys can take it on the bottom, if you open more than say 5 windows you can't even tell what they are anymore. With it on the side I can get 18+ windows open and still be able to click the one I want when its time to change.

skinnedmink · 04-21-2003, 12:19 AM

Right Side, takeing up half the screen.

sandeep · 04-21-2003, 12:40 AM

i've got mine on the bottom, quicklaunch on the left, and doubled in size.

i can't go back to the single height. i've tried, but i can't handle it. i need the space

wg2000 · 04-21-2003, 01:58 AM

taskbar, what taskbar?

Seriously, at home the closest thing I have to a taskbar is on the right of my screen, just above gkrellm. I also have quick launchers, date/time, and a single-line command prompt box at the top of the screen.

At work, task last on the far left of the far left monitor (the 17"). The two 19 inchers are blank and reserved for actualy work

SecretMethod70 · 04-21-2003, 03:16 AM

In Windows, bottom, unhidden. In Linux, bottom, centered, and somewhat in the style of an OS X Dock.

oane · 04-21-2003, 07:08 AM

Bottom and unhidden. Plenty of real-estate so don't have to worry.

tek55 · 04-28-2003, 06:38 AM

i like having it at the bottom and unhidden w/ full access to all the stuff i use in the tray, although, i hide alot of stuff in the tray w/ xp WOo

hrdwareguy · 04-28-2003, 09:38 AM

Auto hide at the bottom. Since I run IRC all the time, it's not usually hidden since I have IRC messages waiting in the chat room.

04-20-2003, 07:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
marcopolo I am the anomaly. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Motown	Where do you keep your task bar? Where do you guys keep your task bar? and Why? Usually on the bottom and un-hidden. I use my system clock and icons regularly as I like to keep my desktop free of a lot of icons. __________________ Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

04-20-2003, 07:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
jets Insane Join Date: Apr 2003	XP: I auto-hide mine at the bottom. I have no icons on my desktop There's a thread in this forum where you can post your desktop. Check it out there.. __________________ Hey. Wasn't Me.

04-20-2003, 07:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Crimson Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leicestershire UK	On windows I keep it at the bottom - Small size and as little in the tray as possible On nix it depends on the WM but I tend to go for an OSX look and with that comes a bar at the top __________________ Crimson* If my life is to change - Let it change If my whole world is to be destroyed - So be it If my fate is to die - I must simply laugh

04-20-2003, 07:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Grondar Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pa, USA	Windows ME: Keep it at the bottom. I would like to "Auto-hide" it, but then when I get IMs and such via Trillian I don't see the windows flash. That + the fact that I disable sounds in messaging programs makes it tough to have auto-hide enabled. __________________ "Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence. Gotta get me some of that." -Stewie

04-20-2003, 08:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mad_Gecko Pro Libertate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: City Gecko	On the bottom, unhidden, very much the same as Crimson. I like to have quick access to Firewall w/out getting out of the browser. I also like being able to see what progs I have running. At work loads of people have it on the side, that totally throws me. Funny how you get used to one thing and a change screws with your brain. __________________ [color=bright blue]W[/color]e Stick To Glass "If three of us travel together, I shall find two teachers." Confucious

04-20-2003, 08:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
heyal256 Not so great lurker Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NY	I like to keep it on the bottom and unhidden for the clock just like you marco. The other reason is that I have tried moving it elsewhere and I just couldn't work with it like that.

04-20-2003, 08:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	Auto-hid at the bottom, but I usually use my ObjectBar bars I made on the left and right of the screen. Go to the Screenshots thread to see what I'm talking about. __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

04-20-2003, 08:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
XHydralisk Banned Join Date: Apr 2003	Win XP : auto hide at the bottom, I have all my quick links auto hidden on the top or the right, also auto hidden.

04-20-2003, 08:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
genka Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New Jersey	well, I dont have a task bar per-se, but my dock is happily un-hidden on the right side of the screen. __________________ WHOOO!!!!

04-20-2003, 09:14 AM	#10 (permalink)
billege Watcher Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio	I can not deal with a hiding task bar. That thing is my bitch, and it stays on the bottom of the page. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentance: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."

04-20-2003, 09:23 AM	#11 (permalink)
Zotz There's someone in my head, but its not me Join Date: Apr 2003	On the bottom in plain view

04-20-2003, 11:52 AM	#12 (permalink)
MyFakeAccount Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003	LiteStep....no taskbar __________________ I wasn't There I Didn't Do it You Don't know me

04-20-2003, 02:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: shittown, CA	I keep my dock in the top right. This keeps my mouse at the top of the screen for everything and dont' have to go up and down all the time.

04-20-2003, 02:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten lost and found Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Berkeley	I haven't hid my taskbar since I had a 15" monitor. It annoys . __________________ "The idea that money doesn't buy you happiness is a lie put about by the rich, to stop the poor from killing them." -- Michael Caine

04-20-2003, 05:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Austin, TX	bottom unhidden, but usually have the systray reduced (using xp customizations) __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

04-20-2003, 05:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
labob Basil Hayden's & Soda Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Orange County, CA	Win XP, on the bottom, unhidden I used to hide it when I had a 15" monitor. But since I upgraded to a 20" a while back I haven't felt the need for the extra real estate on my desktop. __________________ "A man's only as old as the woman he feels" -Groucho Marx

04-20-2003, 07:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wisconsin...	At home I have it un hidden at the bottom and at school for my windows 2000 server I have it on the right side hidden (annoys the teacher) __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-motors/26985-my-project-84-mustang-gt.html

04-20-2003, 09:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
mpedrummer Guest	XP got it on the bottom, double thick, pluss the address bar, not hidden. Then, on the top, i have another double thick links bar that is auto hidden.

04-20-2003, 09:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
Shinryu Loser Join Date: Apr 2003	Win XP Pro on the bottom of the screen, unhidden.

04-20-2003, 09:39 PM	#20 (permalink)
poof Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003	What <i>Jets</i> said. I keep a clean desktop, even after the tittyboard.

04-20-2003, 09:57 PM	#21 (permalink)
a1t3r3g0 Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1	I leave mine on the bottom, unhidden, and dragged up so there are two rows instead of one and locked in place with the quick launch tool bar in place.

04-20-2003, 10:02 PM	#22 (permalink)
440sixpack Lord of All Fevers and Plagues Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brockton, MA	I must be the different one, the taskbar is at the top of my screen, unhidden. I just find it more natural to pull down through menus than push up. __________________ Be a victor, or be a victim - David Vincent My Toys: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440SIXPACK 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT QuadCab 4x4 5.7L Hemi Magnum

04-20-2003, 10:16 PM	#23 (permalink)
GreasyP Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Salt Lake City	My main one's at the top, then I have a second one at the bottom. And a big ol' sidebar. It's weird, I used to be all about uncluttered desktops... but I love having everything this way. Guess I've gone over to the dark side No icons on the desktop, though. I hate icons. Look at the desktop screenshot thread. __________________ ---<>---^^---<>---^^---<>--- ---^^---<>---^^---<>---^^--- ---<>---^^---<>---^^---><--- Last edited by GreasyP; 04-20-2003 at 10:20 PM.

04-20-2003, 10:32 PM	#24 (permalink)
Ambition Insane Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Miami, FL	I can never get used to it anywhere except the bottom. Unhidden and with the quick launch on. XP platform. __________________ Looking for answers to questions that can't be answered.

04-20-2003, 10:49 PM	#25 (permalink)
sngx1275 Loser Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Missouri	Currently its on the left, was on the right but I had a particularly good desktop pic that I didn't feel like photochopping to get it to look good with my bar on the right. I don't see how you guys can take it on the bottom, if you open more than say 5 windows you can't even tell what they are anymore. With it on the side I can get 18+ windows open and still be able to click the one I want when its time to change.

04-21-2003, 12:19 AM	#26 (permalink)
skinnedmink Banned Join Date: Apr 2003	Right Side, takeing up half the screen.

04-21-2003, 12:40 AM	#27 (permalink)
sandeep Insane Join Date: Apr 2003	i've got mine on the bottom, quicklaunch on the left, and doubled in size. i can't go back to the single height. i've tried, but i can't handle it. i need the space Last edited by sandeep; 03-30-2007 at 11:39 PM.

04-21-2003, 01:58 AM	#28 (permalink)
wg2000 Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Only in your mind	taskbar, what taskbar? Seriously, at home the closest thing I have to a taskbar is on the right of my screen, just above gkrellm. I also have quick launchers, date/time, and a single-line command prompt box at the top of the screen. At work, task last on the far left of the far left monitor (the 17"). The two 19 inchers are blank and reserved for actualy work

04-21-2003, 03:16 AM	#29 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Learning Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	In Windows, bottom, unhidden. In Linux, bottom, centered, and somewhat in the style of an OS X Dock. __________________ Featured track of the week: On hold again. Sorry!

04-21-2003, 07:08 AM	#30 (permalink)
oane Insane Join Date: Apr 2003	Bottom and unhidden. Plenty of real-estate so don't have to worry. __________________ Make me Mad. Make me Sad. Make me feel Alright.

04-28-2003, 06:38 AM	#31 (permalink)
tek55 Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003	i like having it at the bottom and unhidden w/ full access to all the stuff i use in the tray, although, i hide alot of stuff in the tray w/ xp WOo __________________ teneo effrenus katafractarius "I'm a Master Fisherman in qpid's liberation army so we can take over the world before Microsoft does. Join the Revolution!

04-28-2003, 09:38 AM	#32 (permalink)
hrdwareguy "Officer, I was in fear for my life" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oklahoma City	Auto hide at the bottom. Since I run IRC all the time, it's not usually hidden since I have IRC messages waiting in the chat room. __________________ Gun Control is hitting what you aim at Aim for the TFP, Donate Today