7stacks is an easy to use, free app that lets Windows 7 (and Vista and XP) users have “stacks” of icons in their Taskbar (in 7) or QuickLaunch Toolbar (in Vista and XP). By using stacks, users can reduce icon clutter, and combine a group of related icons into a single icon.
7stacks was created because of my own frustrations with Windows 7, as great an OS as Win7 is. Because Windows 7’s new taskbar, called the SuperBar is very similar to the Mac OS X Dock, many comparisons are going to be made. But Windows 7 seemed to have one glaring omission of OSX: stacks. Now, with 7stacks, you get almost the same functionality as the OS X stacks, but with a more “Windows 7″ appearance.
Features:
* In 7 and Vista, 7stacks uses Aero, making the stacks look like part of Windows itself.
* Browse subfolders within a stack, just like in OS X Snow Leopard.
* 3 different styles of stacks: Normal, Grid, and Menu
o Normal displays a stack of icons vertically, with a text description next to it.
o Grid displays a “squarish” grid of icons only; useful when displaying a large number of items like document folders.
o Menu displays a cascading menu of items, with a very small icon and a name next to it. Hover over subfolders to browse inside those folders.
* In Windows 7, create a new stack by right-clicking on any stack and selecting “Create New Stack” from the JumpList entry.
* In Menu mode, 7stacks doesn’t even need to be in a toolbar. You can use it right from your desktop, or any other folder.
* Pin up to 10 different stacks on the Windows 7 taskbar
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