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That was the Control Strip, but the objects in it represented system features (like screen brightness, battery life, or audio volume), not running applications.
by duskwuff 4y ago
That was the Control Strip, but the objects in it represented system features (like screen brightness, battery life, or audio volume), not running applications.
It was a fairly weird feature, IMO. It was initially added for laptops, but somehow ended up on desktop systems as well, and had a couple of bizarre features added to it later on, like the ability to enable/disable file sharing or control iTunes.
- rvense 4y agoIt was kind of like that system tray thing in Windows, wasn't it? I think it was mostly functionality you'd otherwise have in control panels, but I've always hated the Control Strip myself - how often do you really need to change your screen resolution? It was extensible, though, there were many 3rd party control strip modules that did all sorts of things.
- duskwuff 4y ago> It was kind of like that system tray thing in Windows, wasn't it? Kind of. Icons in the system tray in Windows were still representing running processes, though; the Control Strip used a plugin system specific to it.