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If you choose Mail, you see your recent email communication with

this person; hit + to compose a new message, right there in the
panel. If you choose Skype, a tiny Skype panel appears, with
buttons for phoning or video-calling this person (or inviting him to
be your buddy, if he’s not already).

The People panel remembers your choice—Mail or Skype—for the
next time you use it.

Tip

One of the most compelling uses for all of this is the ability to drag and drop files onto people’s
heads. Want to email a Word doc to Casey? Drag its icon out of its File Explorer window onto
Casey’s taskbar icon. (You can even drag and drop onto the names of the secondary people you’ve

installed in the People taskbar panel. Just drag a file onto the icon on the taskbar; then,
without releasing your finger or the mouse button, drag up the People panel onto somebody’s
name.)

The People panel is a cool idea. It would be cooler, of course, if it gave you

access to more communications channels than Mail and Skype. (How about
text, phone, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat…?) That seems to be the function
of the Apps tab of the panel—but no other apps’ names can appear here
until their software companies rewrite them, and that may never happen.

For now, let those friends know just how special they are.

Tip
You can now add contacts right from the People panel. Just use the button at lower right and
choose “New contact.”

Photos

Microsoft changes photo programs as often as most people change socks.
The Photo Gallery from Windows Vista? Dead. The Photo Viewer of