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The Windows 7 UI changes that Microsoft discarded
by Brad Linder Mar 24th 2009 at 1:30PM
For instance, an early toolbar design had a taskbar with thumbnails of running programs instead of icons and pop up menus. But the icons were too small to be usable. Another version used a "Bat Signal" because when you scrolled your mouse over an icon the full window would open on the desktop, and a spotlight would shine up from the taskbar at it.
You can find more early ideas for Windows 7 at TechRadar.
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