the media player at the user 39 s discretion yet another section of taskbar 202 may be a desk band 208 desk band 208 is an example of language controls for the operating environment a section of taskbar 202 may also contain notifications 210 notification area 210 provides icons relating to application programs or system level communications for example electronic mail status chat group buddies or even volume control can be accessed through icons in the notifications section 210 in an attempt to provide live status information taskbar 202 provides for a toast 212 toast 212 is essentially a pop up window that provides communication from an application program for example as shown a pop up message is displayed informing the user that there are messages in an inbox finally taskbar 202 provides for a start icon 214 that provides access to other programs and features of the operating environment it should be noted that the described contents of the taskbar are merely representative and not intended to be an exhaustive list as can be appreciated taskbar 202 can become quite cluttered furthermore the various types of icons available to an end user are inconsistent even further taskbar 202 does not easily provide a user with information and controls that the user may need to immediately access further still taskbar 202 involves a multiple step approach to access any information for example to get access to a volume control a user must first select the volume control icon from the notifications section 210 this causes a volume control to be displayed the user can then adjust.