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Windows 7 Taskbar Not So Similar To OS X Dock After All

Posted by timothy on from the this-comparison-is-not-like-the-others dept.

cremou brulee writes "Redmond's photocopiers have been unusually busy for the last couple of years, with the result that Windows 7 copies a lots of Mac OS X features. First and foremost among these is the Dock, which has been unceremoniously ripped off in Windows 7's new Taskbar. Or has it? Ars Technica has taken an in-depth look at the history and evolution of the Taskbar, and shows just how MS arrived at the Windows 7 'Superbar.' The differences between the Superbar and the Dock are analyzed in detail. The surprising conclusion? 'Ultimately, the new Taskbar is not Mac-like in any important way, and only the most facile of analyses would claim that it is.'"

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  1. Xerox on steroids by pondermaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    I always wondered how they turned photocopies into code.

  2. Re:so, to summarize... by Ironix · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please oh please mod the parent up.

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  3. Re:so, to summarize... by stewbacca · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... OSX is not some holy friggen grail of OSes that everyone copies you know.

    Then why has Microsoft been copying Apple since the late 1980s? Hell, even Vista is a shameless knock-off, right down to the "Aero" (aqua) interface and "Gadgets" (widgets). And hell, let's not have a trash can, let's COPY the trash can but be more enviro-friendly and call it a Recycle Bin! When's the last time you've reused something you put in the recycle bin anyway? Talk about a horrible misnomer! Can MS claim ANY UI innovation?