Windows 95
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Windows 95, along with IE 4 in 1997, added the notion of a Quick Launch area as well as the current notion of a Windows taskbar and start menu. "This is when we really introduced the very first taskbar," Hoefnagels said.
March 26, 2009 4:00 AM PDT
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