One of Windows 7's most celebrated features is its overhauled taskbar, known in some circles as the Superbar. But is it really all that super?

We have mixed feelings. Much as we love being able to "pin" any app or folder to it for quick and easy access, we don't like the loss of text labels for running programs. (In fact, we've followed this advice to make Windows 7's taskbar more like Vista's.)

Over at 4sysops, the always-enlightening Michael Pietroforte offers his take on the Superbar, starting with the feature he likes best: Jump Lists. Here's an excerpt:

This thing is really a time saver. For example, you can pin folders to the Windows Explorer icon, which allows you to jump to a particular directory very quickly. Also useful, the Word icon displays the last documents opened. You can also pin documents to the Jumplist. I find myself using this feature all day. I am sure that ISVs will find many helpful ways to make use of this function and I believe that this will turn out to be a killer feature in the long run.

Pietroforte also looks at reviving the Quick Launch toolbar and combining taskbar buttons, both tasks aimed at making the Superbar--which he ultimately calls the "Nicebar"--a little more livable.

What do you think of the Windows 7 taskbar? Fine just the way it is? In need of some tweaking? Or bad enough to send you screaming back to XP or Vista?

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