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Tools: Windows power toys, was RE: side-effect of tabbed browsing
Subject:Tools: Windows power toys, was RE: side-effect of tabbed browsing From:Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:31 -0400
Warren thanks for the link. The Alt-tab switcher is outstanding! I was a
bit disappointed with the VDM though, it seems that it won't allow for
customized icons per desktop. I was hoping to be able to make a "clean"
desktop for taking screen shots, hosting webinars, etc. whilst maintain a
separate space for my usually icon-covered desktop. Now that I've got this
thought rolling around i my head I'll have to search for some other another
tool that will allow for custom icon sets.
-Greg
techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
07/16/2008 04:45:23 PM:
> McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
>
> > The [Alt]-[Tab] dialog shows only undifferentiated icons, so it can
> > become a guessing-game in a crowded working desktop. If I insist, as
> > I do, upon having lots of stuff open, then I work more efficiently
> > that way in Linux, with my usual four separate desktops, and each
> > desktop tending to have stuff clustered by project or pass-time.
> > Unfortunately, I don't get to run Linux much at the office. In Win
> > XP, it all lives in the one desktop, with no easy way to cluster
> > related things.
>
> Kevin:
>
> Go to http://tinyurl.com/2meyw (which points to
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx)
> .
>
> To solve your first problem, download the Alt-Tab Replacement.
>
> To solve your second problem, download the Virtual Desktop Manager.
>
> -Andrew
>
> === Andrew Warren - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
> === Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
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