Tag: SWITCHER

VistaSwitcher is a beautiful Alt-Tab replacement. It's aimed mainly at Windows Vista and 7, but it also works under Windows XP. You get a huge thumbnail of the destination window; it's far larger than the one that comes with the "stock" Alt-Tab. Another neat feature lets you Alt-Tab between the windows of just one application. It's kind of like pressing Win+[number] in Windows 7, but you don't ...

Those of you who enjoy rotating through a variety of fresh wallpaper images have probably heard of InterfaceLIFT and Wallpaper Stock. They're both excellent places to download high-quality background images for your desktop. Perhaps you'd rather take the hands-free approach and let an application handle downloading duties. Have a look at Wallpaper Juggler, a tiny, portable app for Windows ...

Windows XP's task switcher is functional if you just want to flip between running applications. The 3D task switcher in Windows Vista is a lot prettier, but it's not really much more useful since you can only really see a live preview of one application at a time. For many, Apple's Exposé task switcher is the holy grail: It shows live previews of every running application on your desktop ...

Mac OS X is pretty. Windows is functional. Windows Vista was supposed to help bridge that gap. Microsoft threw an awful lot of eye candy into Windows Vista. Some of it is really useful. For example, you can hover your mouse over open programs in the taskbar and pull up live previews of those applications, even if there's video playing in one. But Flip 3D, while attractive, is really just a ...

It's been an interesting year so far for operating systems. Microsoft released its first major upgrade in 5 years with Windows Vista, and Ubuntu Linux continued on its way toward world domination with the release of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. Even Michael Dell's running it on his home computer (and shipping it on yours). With that in mind, we bring you the first in a limited edition Download Squad ...