And for better screen co-habitation it can automatically hide until the mouse is brought over the Control Strip, just like Windows 95's start bar. The Task Bar shows all open applications. It also provides a list of recently opened applications, and provides easy access to the Launch Strip. Clicking on an application's icon makes it active. In addition to the prefabricated palettes you can create your own.
Any palette can be either global or application specific.
An application specific palette is only visible when its associated application is active. Any application can have multiple palettes, which can be useful if one or more palette is to be kept invisible. Palettes are made up of buttons. The two main types of buttons are regular buttons and button menus. Button menus are actually popup menus.