Anatomy of Windows 7

Main elements of windows 7.

• Aero view
• Taskbar
• Libraries
• Gadgets

Aero is an interface that makes your visual interactions with desktop fun and easy.

• Aero Peek - hovering over a taskbar icon shows the thumbnail of that program. Hovering over the thumbnail shows a preview of that program in full view. Aero Peek also refers to the "Show desktop" button to the far right of the new taskbar.
• Aero Shake - Shaking (quickly dragging back and forth) a window minimizes all other windows. Shaking it again brings them back.
• Aero Snap - Clicking and dragging a window to the right or left side of the desktop causes the window to fill the respective half of the screen. Snapping a window to the top of the desktop maximizes it. Resizing a window to touch the top or bottom edge of the screen maximizes the window to full height, whilst retaining its width; these windows will then slide horizontally if moved by the title bar, or can be pulled off, which returns the window to its original height.
• Aero Flip- allows you to preview all your open windows from a central window or 3D view that you can flip through.

 

Taskbar

The taskbar is now more convenient to use with larger views.

•  Jump lists allow you to right click on an icon in the taskbar and immediately access items like music, videos or web pages that you use on a regular basis.
• Pin allows you to place programs on the taskbar and rearrange the order of the icons as you wish.