MS messed up again, as always, Windows vista task bar is superior to windows 7 taskbar, both in look and feel (as well as polishing) and as functionality.

My Crucial issue with Windows 7 taskbar, was that in previous versions you could put only your taskbar on a side of the screen, like quick launch on the left side of the screen, and on the bottom the start menu / opened programs / right side icons ( the ones with the clock ). Well this is impossible to do with Windows 7, and i was so mad that i nearly uninstalled the software and switched to vista again HOWEVER, i found a program that can simulate this crucial missing feature called rocketdock which set with the windows vista black theme, left side alignment, 28px icons, no zoom when you touch an icon (mac dock sux), and always on top + autohide and some separators for good measurement (since the icons are too close together and you get something very similar.

SHAME ON YOU MICROSOFT!

Did it happen that when you use an animation such as fadeIn()/fadeOut() on a LCD screen, that has windows cleratype on (this happens automatically in windows vista+ but can be set on and off in windows XP), on IE (all versions), the text is not antialised anymore. This is due to the filter attribute IE browsers use to make the cleartype/stuff.

The solution is relatively simple, like putting a function callback on the fade in()/fadeOut() such as:

JQuery Code

It’s not a perfect solution, and it may be a bit laggy and you can still SEE THE TEXT BEING CLEARTYPED, but at least it wont stay without cleartype and look like shit. Also this is the only way to do it until jQuery incorporates it’s own fix to counter IE‘s behavior.