I understand what you're saying regarding people not liking things that pop out such as the Charms bar but I find it kind of humorous that the Title bar that pops down from the top of the screen or the Task bar that pops up from the bottom of the screen is more acceptable than the Charms that pop out from the side. I don't think it's the popping out that people don't like, it's the popping out from the side that is different and people tend to dislike things that are different. It really isn't different though since you could always drag the Task bar over the to left or right side of the screen, enable auto-hide and you would have a Task bar that pops out from the side.... The other point you are ignoring is many people don't like things that pop out, like Charms. They have been using Desktop & Taskbar for years and that is a familiar comfort zone for them. Ergo, if things are on the good ole Taskbar it won't take them 5 minutes not, 5 years, yeeeesh. People deserve more credit than that. It's just a computer Operating System not, flying the Space Shuttle. ...