freewebs.com— Free program that lets you drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons to re-order them! No extra hotkey or lame extra steps, just drag 'n drop... sooo useful.
May 11, 2006View in Crawl 4
1) consider doing an option such that its a standalone program, no installation needed.2) consider not putting it as a background or service, but only when I need it (ie, i will start the program myself, arrange the taskbar, and then close)customization is key :)
I use a cooool utility that allows me to hide and show the apps and also maintain their order on the taskbar, other than drag n drop buttons on taskbar. I can save the order of buttons to a file and save many such orders. Check it out at:<a class="user" href="http://www.askarya.com/tm/tm.asp">http://www.askarya.com/tm/tm.asp</a>But its not free...
To answer my own question after searching for 40 minutes: No, there does not appear to be a utility that allows me to change the icon on a taskbar button.However, I did find a utility that allows me to minimize any application to the system tray and customize the icon that is used in the system tray (4t Tray Minimizer Free) (<a class="user" href="http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html).">http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html).</a>E.g., for Google Calendar, I configured it to be a "Favorite Application" and identified by "Google Calendar" as the window title. Then I specified a calendar icon to use when minimized to tray. It works! But it is a little confusing that, when not minimized, it uses the regular Firefox icon in the taskbar. Hopefully this can be remedied in the next version.
moietyMay 11, 2006
Way ahead of you; I just find the never ending amount of that garbage on the net exceedingly annoying.
coolguy69May 12, 2006
1) consider doing an option such that its a standalone program, no installation needed.2) consider not putting it as a background or service, but only when I need it (ie, i will start the program myself, arrange the taskbar, and then close)customization is key :)
haiyadragonMay 15, 2006
Yeah, I hate not having to install a gazillion 3rd party apps to get any functionality. Damn non-windows for updating en fixing their s**t.
davepcMay 15, 2006
No, I think its just you, can min by clicking grand.
comanMay 17, 2006
I use a cooool utility that allows me to hide and show the apps and also maintain their order on the taskbar, other than drag n drop buttons on taskbar. I can save the order of buttons to a file and save many such orders. Check it out at:<a class="user" href="http://www.askarya.com/tm/tm.asp">http://www.askarya.com/tm/tm.asp</a>But its not free...
requiem18thMay 18, 2006
yea but is it compatible? But even if it does it is still sort of repeated functionality, well
zobo77May 22, 2006
If you right click the icon in the task tray, then go to options you can choose to hide the icon :-)
dratliffeJun 3, 2006
To answer my own question after searching for 40 minutes: No, there does not appear to be a utility that allows me to change the icon on a taskbar button.However, I did find a utility that allows me to minimize any application to the system tray and customize the icon that is used in the system tray (4t Tray Minimizer Free) (<a class="user" href="http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html).">http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html).</a>E.g., for Google Calendar, I configured it to be a "Favorite Application" and identified by "Google Calendar" as the window title. Then I specified a calendar icon to use when minimized to tray. It works! But it is a little confusing that, when not minimized, it uses the regular Firefox icon in the taskbar. Hopefully this can be remedied in the next version.
teo76Jun 23, 2006
Taskbar Button Manager is another free utility which allows changing the order of the taskbar buttons: <a class="user" href="http://www.innovative-sol.com/taskbar-button-manager">http://www.innovative-sol.com/taskbar-button-manager</a>I prefer this because the UI is much better - you drag and drop the buttons and a nice bubble appears above the taskbar, showing you where the button will move if you release the mouse.
haxx4Jul 18, 2006
This program bugs you about it everytime you start Windows. It sucks.
ten4Jul 28, 2006
New version of JetStart <a class="user" href="http://www.codesector.com/jetstart.asp">http://www.codesector.com/jetstart.asp</a> now supports taskbar buttons drag and drop. Also JetStart Toolbar can now be activated by holding both mouse buttons, so you can turn off it's tray icon.
max15charactersSep 10, 2006
hmmm, any idea on why this thing wants an active interenet connection? I think it's phoning home.