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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Mine comes and goes. Sometimes I can make it appear and sometimes I can't. Haven't yet been able to determine exactly what triggers it.
Dale
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Mine only appears once, directly when switching from the desktop to the Metro view. The only use I see for that, would be switching back immediately to one of the desktop apps I've added to the taskbar. But as soon as I do anything else in Metro, the taskbar is gone and never returns.
I'd see the benefit, if it would remain permanently. Then you more conveniently could see all the active apps, Metro and desktop alike. But since it immediately disappears after the very first single action, I find it a bit strange.
In general, I've got mixed feelings about the update.
I've never had any problems with the "separation" of desktop and Metro. Quite the contrary. For me it was kind of "Metro = gadget", "desktop = business/professional".
Bringing both worlds together to me seems like an effort to match the toys (iPad, Android) to which Windows 8 never should compete in the first place.
Actually, I even think they should have hidden the desktop more deeply into the system.
The Metro UI (with the exception of the sheer number of apps which is way more massive on iOS or Android) is perfectly fine as a touch friendly GUI.
The desktop, at least to me, is kind of a "separate island". Some may not even need it at all and never should be confronted with it.