nslay:
It would be nice if windows could be shaded (i.e. pulled up like a lamp shade) or iconified. Iconfication is a much more general concept than a task bar and allows you to place your iconified windows anywhere on the desktop.
I take it you haven't used Win7? Everything, whether you use a classic skin or Aero, is iconified. Firefox doesn't have anything beyond the globe on it, etc etc.
One thing that Windows should have had is the option to add multiple desktops
natively. Every other OS has it, and even the stupidest Mac person I know understood how it works. Disable it by default, but give us the option to enable it.