> I've heard that there's one program out there that abuses the ITaskbarList3::SetProgressState method by changing its progress state repeatedly, causing its taskbar button to cycle through different colors to get the user's attention.
Man that could be useful. I've got a notification program (one I use not one I wrote) that changes its icon repeatedly while working but uses a constant one while idle.
There was in Win 3.1 a backup program that minimized while running the backup to take strain off the UI. Guess how it reported its state?
So the same thing can finally be done again.