>> Compared to a normal desktop, where most of your functional navigation is crammed into a small bar This is a taste thing. Myself, I'll take the crammed bar

>> Compared to a normal desktop, where most of your functional navigation is crammed into a small bar This is a taste thing. Myself, I'll take the crammed bar over the grid any day. Even though I'm primarily a Mac user these days, I'm a Luddite when it comes to Windows - I still prefer the look and feel of Windows 2000 over its successors.