ObjectBar is, for instance, the only Windows program that can replace the Windows system tray completely with its own without getting rid of the Windows shell. Users can filter different tasks in their task bars and display tasks as a menu, a bar, or a floating dock. Figure 10 ObjectBar can add docks, bars, wharfs, etc. In this example, you can see a bar at the top and bottom along with tear off menus. When the components are used together, a user essentially has total control over Windows.
Users take for granted how little control they have over the appearance of their desktops.
Personal Computers are unique amongst products in that they are a one size fits all solution. Cars, Refrigerators, Phones, even toasters, all come in different shapes, sizes, and interfaces that tailor to a specific segment of the market - but not Personal Computers. Every machine looks the same. They almost all have a gazillion icons on the left side, a Start menu with a ton of junk in it that they don t use, and work with their applications and data in the same way regardless of how different that might be from the user s preference. When the pieces of Object Desktop are put together, that all changes.