The taskbar at the bottom of the Windows 98 desktop has undergone many changes, including the QuickLaunch toolbar and changes within the Start Menu. (You can even click on window buttons in the taskbar to both minizmize and restore windows. Now you can also create your own toolbars. When you right-click on an open area of the taskbar, the shortcut menu that appears is different than the one in Windows 95.
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Of course, you can still control all windows currently open on the desktop and access desktop properties. But now you can add toolbars to your taskbar. |
The new toolbars allow you to type a Web address, click on specific links, or open folders or icons that reside on your desktop. (If necessary, it will also launch your default browser.) Here is what the taskbar looks like with all 4 toolbars showing. (We expanded the toolbar to make viewing easier, which is done by clicking and dragging on the upper border of the taskbar.)
To create one of your own, right-click an open area of the toolbar and choose Toolbars|New Toolbar... from the shortcut menu.
You can then choose any folder in your computer or type a Web address. (Note: include the "http://" when typing a Web address.) This will then create a new toolbar in the taskbar. This is what the taskbar would look like if you put in a Web address.
You get the actual Web page in your taskbar!
Removing a toolbar is just as simple. You right-click an open area of the desktop and select the toolbar to be closed.
When you select a menu that you created, it will disappear and not be in the shortcut menu anymore.
One final note: any toolbar on the taskbar can be made into a floating toolbar. Simply drag the divider at the far left side of the particular toolbar (or the title of the toolbar if it exists) onto the desktop. You can add as many toolbars to the floating window as you like.
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Click here to see a video demo of this. (307K) |
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