It’s true that the Jump List feature is an enhancement that can very easily trace its origins to the Recent Documents feature, which by the way first made its appearance on Windows 95’s Start menu as the Documents menu.
(Obviously, he is still using Windows XP.) I responded that he was actually right, but he was also wrong. Recently, I was extolling the benefits of the Jump List to a couple of friends, and one of them blasted my newfound penchant, saying that the Jump List feature was nothing more than a glorified My Recent Documents menu. As I’ve been working with Windows 7, I’ve learned to take advantage of Jump Lists and really love the boost in computing efficiency. Jump Lists appear on the Start menu as well as on the Taskbar when you right-click on an icon. Jump Lists are a new feature in Microsoft Windows 7 that are designed to make it easier to find what you want and perform common operations associated with an application. Guest post: For more posts from Greg Shultz, see TechRepublic's Microsoft Windows blog.
