Originally Posted by Jukov
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But, really , why do you need Wisbar? I understand having WAD, for extra functionality and plain beauty, but Wisbar, I don't understand. Everyone has some sort of launcher installed like iLauncher or other inferior alternative, lol, or should have.. So task manager is not an issue, so why have Wisbar? Could someone elaborate?
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1) Cascading Start Menu - just like other versions of Windows for the desktop, you can reorganize the Start Menu to have a cascading mode, which is a LOT handier than having to open five windows to open one program. Instead, you click the Start button, go down to the Programs Menu, and click on the Games menu to open the application, instead of opening the Programs Window, then the Games Window, and THEN opening up that third unnecessary window, wasting RAM and time opening up those windows.
2) Running task icons on top bar - some programs do this, but Wisbar has some nice features regarding 'click-and-hold' to kill running programs, etc.
3) Top Bar customization - you can put on notification buttons on top or remove them; you can add the Clock back if you did the AKU 2.x or 3.x update which removes the time from the top: you can add the battery meter or remove it entirely to have more space for task icons.
4) Wisbar Advance Desktop support: WAD is not a stand-alone: you need either WBA or WB Lite to run it.
5) Skinning. If this is important to you... this is the only program which modifies most of the interface from Start Menu to system sounds.
Personally, I don't use iLauncher's task manager at all - I find Wisbar's to be much more intuitive for me, and the performance hit isn't nearly as big as people claim it is, at least not with WM5.