Chaitanya summarize some of the feedback and thoughts expressed and also provides some more engineering / design context for some of the challenges expressed. First it is worth just reinforcing a few points that came up that were consistently expressed:

• Many of you agree that the Notification Area needs to be more manageable and customizable.
• We received several comments about rearranging taskbar buttons.  This speaks to the need for a predictable place where taskbar buttons appear as well as your desire for more control over the taskbar.
• There were comments that talked about Quick Launch being valuable, but that it could stand to be an even better launching surface (e.g. larger by default or more room).
• Thumbnails are valuable to many of you, but their size doesn’t always help you find the window you are looking for.  There is interest in a better identification method of windows that consistently provided the right amount of information.
• Better scaling of supported windows was discussed.  This includes optimizing the taskbar for more windows and spanning multiple displays.

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