How to Get a Dock-Like Taskbar in KDE with Icon Tasks

Plasma iconKDE has always given users the ability to add launchers to its panel, and it has always had a very usable task manager. Until recently, however, there has not been a comprehensive and well-designed merging of the two. The Icon Tasks widget has changed all of that. It is a robust plasma widget that includes support for task-oriented launchers and even the Ubuntu Unity API.
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Easily Manage Your Tasks with Wunderlist

Wunderlist-1Have you ever forgotten to reply to an email or phone call? We all have. Most us lead hectic lives and forget about the little to-do’s that we mentally setup for ourselves. Thus we all could use helpful task management solutions that record our tasks and display them to us so we do not forget completing them.

The internet offers a variety of task management web apps. These apps range from free to paid apps. Normally the free apps only offer a basic interface with task recording capabilities. But with “Wunderlist” you get a free task management solution that offers a lot more.
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How To Pin Any Files/Folders To Windows 7 Taskbar

pin-files-mainOne of the greatest improvement in Windows 7 is the taskbar. You can now pin applications to the taskbar and launch it with a single click. There is also the jumplist where you can pin a file/folder/url/specific action to a particular application. When everything seems great, I have only one complaint. There is no options to pin a file/folder to the taskbar. You can only pin applications to the taskbar and add files/folders to the jumplist. What if you want to pin a file/folder to the taskbar?

If you have followed our previous example of creating a Show Desktop icon for Windows 7, I bet you are also wondering how to pin that icon to the taskbar just like any other application. Don’t worry, here’s the way to pin your favorite files/folders to the taskbar.
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