When I first installed the Windows 7 OS onto my computer I was pretty excited about all the customisation that you could apparently now do to its appearance. I have always wanted my taskbar to be on the side of the computer screen as apposed to the bottom. Because most of my time spent on the computer is taken up by reading, I like to have as much vertical space on the screen as possible.
However, much to my annoyance Windows 7 acts the same as all the versions before it. In that when you put the taskbar on the side of the screen it becomes wider, uglier and even though the start button moves to the top of the screen, the start menu does not rearrange so that the search, shutdown and all programs buttons are nearer to the start button.
Below is a screen shot of how the taskbar and start menu look when on the side of the screen.
And below is the taskbar and start menu as i believe it should be in order to be more efficient.
Let me know what you think about my changes.
