Jump List of new Windows 7

Jump Lists, a new feature included in Windows 7 operating system having the facility to perform certain common operations associated with an application and also to make it easier to find what a user want. Jump Lists on the new Windows 7 appears on the Start menu and on the Taskbar. Jump Lists added a profit of boosting in the computing efficiency. Windows XP users assumes Jump List feature as a modified My Recent Documents menu. But in actual My Recent Documents gives only a small piece of what the Jump List provides.

Jump List is basically included to give the user with an fast access to the documents and tasks associated with the users applications. Thus the Jump Lists can be considered as application specific Start menus. Jump Lists gives the same functionality whether of its look on the Start menu or on the Taskbar. Generally the Jump List has the facility to close one or all windows, a list of recent documents, access to specific tasks etc.

Just take a look at the Jump Lists for several applications including Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and many others. In the new Windows 7, Internet Explorer is integrated with the Taskbar and has a Jump List. As the Quick Launch bar is not present in the Windows 7 operating system, the taskbar works as a point to launch applications. As when the user right-click on the Internet Explorer icon, a Jump List will be seen, which displays two sections called as Tasks section and the Destinations section.The History category is contained in the Destinations section and the Taskbar tasks are shown in the Tasks section.The Close Window task is added to the Tasks section after releasing the Internet Explorer. You can pin a specific item to the Jump List, if it is needed to keep a specific item from the History category.

Windows Media Player, has a Jump List and is also integrated with the taskbar by default. Windows Media Player Jump List looks and works a little different. There are two separate panels in tasks section of Windows Media Player. The Tasks panel contains User tasks and Taskbar tasks, whereas the Destinations panel consists of Frequent category. This Frequent category gives the frequently used locations in the Windows Media Player.

There is a more standard type of Jump List connected with Paint, as when Paint releases its icon appears on the Taskbar. When the user right clicks on the icon, a Jump List appears containing the standard taskbar tasks, the recent category and others. When the multiple specimen of Paints are executing at a time there is an item, usually the last item which provides an option to close all windows.

In other development, Windows 7 is less faulty than its predecessor, but also a better product. It suffers from none of the aimless feature like Vista upon, and none of the aimless uncertainty that followed Vista's five-plus years of development. That the public reaction to Windows 7 has also been universally positive, another comparison with Vista is also gratifying.