The Taskbar Overlord application for the Windows 7 operating system
was born out of frustration with how some aspects of the Windows 7 taskbar were working. The software developer decided to create the program to fix two issues that he had with the Windows 7 taskbar.
The first issue was that he did not like that a left-click on a taskbar icon would open the thumbnail preview if multiple windows were open which made it difficulty to find the last active window. This also meant that it takes two clicks to restore a minimized window instead of one. The fact that the thumbnails were also being displayed when hovering over the taskbar item made the issue even more pressing.
The second issue was a simpler one. A middle-click on an icon in the taskbar opens a new instance of that window. The very same result can also be achieved by left-clicking the item while holding down the shift key on the computer keyboard.
Taskbar Overlord therefor changes the behavior of the Windows 7 Taskbar the following way:
- A left-click on a taskbar item will now open the last active window immediately. Additional clicks will open the other windows that are grouped into that taskbar item.
- A middle-click on a taskbar item will now close that window instead of opening a new instance of the window.
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