Focus indicators used to be super obvious in earlier versions of Windows. Sometime around XP (or thereabouts?) they got a lot more subtle. In Win 7 Aero I had

Focus indicators used to be super obvious in earlier versions of Windows. Sometime around XP (or thereabouts?) they got a lot more subtle. In Win 7 Aero I had to squint to try and figure out which taskbar window is active. I don't have any special accessibility requirements but I do miss the more distinctive cues. And other ergonomic touches like the little underlines that told you keyboard accelerators (I always turn them on where available).