Taskbar

As taskbar, start menu, task bar or screenable a portion of the desktop is called graphical interfaces. Their main task is to launch programs and switch between them.

Function

A task bar can take on different functions.

  • Providing a centralized function selection menu ( menu bar of the operating system )
  • Display currently opened windows ( running programs and folders displayed )
  • Status bar of the operating system: current time and date, system performance, active processes, loaded services / daemons, system notifications
  • Display of other widgets ( small programs )

Supported Operating Systems

A task bar provide, for example, provides the following operating systems.

  • Microsoft Windows (Windows 95 ): The Windows taskbar has a partially configurable start menu, quick start bar, an alert box and can be positioned on any side of the screen.
  • Under Linux, inter alia, the work environments GNOME and KDE, similar in structure to the Windows taskbar
  • Mac OS X uses a dock for the tasks of the taskbar.
  • Since version 2 MorphOS provides an interface for screenable.
  • Desktop Environment
  • Graphical User Interface
Widget engine Dock (computing)
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