7STACKS for Windows 7
There’s a new program called 7Stacks that lets you add stacks of icons to the Windows taskbar (called the “Superbar” in Windows 7) with a software called Alastria Software...
Instead of launching a program when you click the icon with your mouse, you’ll see a list of programs appear in an Aero-style menu.
The software offers handy way to clear up clutter of icons off your desktop while also not using up too much toolbar space.
By using stacks, users can reduce icon clutter, and combine a group of related icons into a single icon. For instance, if you use application suites such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or Adobe CS4, you can have all the suite's icons combined into one icon!Those who want an easy shortcut to their frequently accessed folders and files will like 7Stacks too since you can use it to pin exact folder locations to the taskbar.
You can also use it to browse and access documents within a folder very quickly. Usually, when you want to edit a series of frequently used documents, you'd have to either launch the app, and go to File|Open, or open the (My) Computer icon and go into your (My) Documents folder and pick the file you want. With 7stacks, just create a stack to that document's folder, and open that document in a couple of clicks.
This is different than how Windows 7’s built-in “Libraries” folder icon works. When clicking that icon, which appears next to the Start Menu in Windows 7, Explorer opens. However, your frequently accessed folder locations are available only on right-click.
With 7Stacks, you can create a list of folder locations which pop-up upon a left-click instead.
7Stacks also allows you to configure the stacks in three different formats: normal, grid, and menu.
Normal displays a vertical stack, grid shows a square-shared grid of icons only, and menu is a cascading menu of items with very small icons labeled with text.
Perhaps the nicest thing about 7Stacks, though, is the way it uses the Aero technology for displaying the stacks. This makes it look more like a feature included in Windows 7 itself and not some extra add-on program.
And using Windows 7, its easy to create new stacks by right-clicking on any stack, and selecting "Create New Stack in the Jump List" . 7stacks will place an shortcut icon on your desktop to this new stack, which you can then pin to your Windows 7 taskbar, or Vista or XP QuickLaunch bar.
More features are adding in the software,though its Version 1.1.