Pros
Does exactly what I wanted it to.
Cons
None that I know of.
Summary
This little program adds in the one thing that I desperately needed: a way to organize my documents, programs, and puzzles. In Windows XP I used the start menu to organize everything, and it worked very well. In Windows 7 that option was gone. I have been searching ever since. This is exactly what I need. I could not ask for more.
Pros
The "Stack" feature is great, and much needed. This program is a pretty good implementation, with some nice options.
Cons
Can't modify if you delete your "desktop icon" (save it somewhere after attaching to taskbar). Clicking a Stack does nothing about 15% of the time. Don't know why. Also slow. On my power system it should take a second at most.
Summary
I'd love to see this one developed more. It's very useful. Wish the stacks could go over on the right side of the taskbar, though that's probably not possible.
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Reply by randix44 on March 20, 2011
It is excellent, however, you are correct...it "does nothing about 15% of the time"...very frustrating; when it works, it works great... :(
Pros
Creating a folder and then a menu is pretty easy after some experimentation. The menu type presents a cascading menu that was just what I was looking for.
Cons
The settings and preferences are confusing, and really don't work well yet. But with some experimentation I did what I needed.
Summary
The best feature is to point to a folder with shortcuts and create a cascading menu from that folder. I selected my windows "Start Menu" directory in "Create a new 7Stack" - (be sure to "Create Shortcut on Desktop") and got a beautiful horizontally cascading memu system that I pinned as the first item in the taskbar. It looks like XP, but better. I'll never use the Start, Programs again. If you then delete the desktop shortcut, you'll lose what you did and have to start over again if you want to modify it later. Move it to the target directory instead, and you can make all the subsequent changes you need.
After getting in to it and trying out all the options, I decided that the "Menu" configuration is perfect, and the others "Vertical Stack" and "Grid" - with and without text, were pretty ugly. Especially the fixed background and text. The text is terrible. The Black text is surrounded by a white border and the White text is surrounded by black. Why not just do a standard Windows text configuration? The Grid background is just ugly and can't be changed as far as I could tell.
Pros
Performs well, clear icons and fonts which are decided by the user.
Cons
Not easy for a novice to set up. Sluggish performance (appearance of icons/shortcuts). I use FSL Launcher (downloaded from CNet)-easier to set up, configurable,very quick and only requires one click to launch a program (automatic show mouse over).
Summary
Should improve with time but in the meantime there are other more efficient launchers/shortcut managers available free of charge.
Pros
Easy to install, works as advertised.
Cons
Graphics are not very elegant.
Summary
While it lacks the elegance of the Mac dock, it is functional and easy to install and configure. It is certainly the best of the dock emulators that I've tried.
Pros
That allow me to customize each stack.
Cons
Slow graphics, graphics.
Pros
Provides visually pleasing Quick-Launch shortcuts to any number of applications, Web Links, etc... Runs in Safe Mode.
Cons
Some applications don't load when launched by clicking on the shortcut icon in the 7stacks window, but the very same shortcuts load properly if you navigate to the shortcut and launch from there.
Summary
7stacks is, in my opinion, far superior to the other stacks and launchers that I have tried.
Pros
removes desktop clutter - nice appearance
Cons
a little slow - but what's a millisecond or two
Summary
This is a pretty good launcher if you like having a task-bar showing. My problem is I have so many stacks I want to build it sort of fills the task-bar up. I have tried about every launcher you can think o. They are all good but I like 8Start the best.
If you are looking for a launcher, by all means, give 7Stacks a try - it might be your thing.
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