Eric,
Thanks for your response! You're absolutely right!
And, another useful preference choice there is "Group Similar Tasks".
I have started to create notes for these kind of things on Wikilearn (at
its temporary site), see
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/Kde221TaskbarProblems. Other
Background: I've installed Mandrake 8.1 and I know I have some
problems. I'm starting to notice other differences between Mandrake 7.2
and 8.1 and I don't know whether they are intentional or indicate a
problem with my setup. Here is one:
(Sorry, I don't have the right terminology for the "doo
