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Daemon-Djinn - 04 Aug. 2006 - 17:33:

System Tray Task Switcher

I had an idea today and I was wondering if anyone else thinks this might be a good one.

I'm tired of having to go ""(Hold the ALT button and Tab - Tab - Tab - Tab)"" until I get to the right app. What if, instead of having to constantly use the stupid Alt+Tab to switch between apps, there were an icon in the system tray that shows a menu-style-list of the apps that can be switched? Basically an Alt+Tab in the systray.

I think it's a good thought. Does anyone else? Or even, has it been done already and if so where?

Thanks,
Rob

05 Aug. 2006 - 21:47 hobgoblin

hmm, i belive i have seen solutions for that floating around on fileforum.com and similar places.

and as im kinda hooked on powerpro these days, i can say that it should be able to do what your asking for. but may take a bit of time to config...

07 Aug. 2006 - 11:10 grigri

I quite like the alt-tab combination actually, I find using the keyboard is a lot faster than using the mouse. The system tray being as small as it is, it would be a long-winded solution for me. That said, to each his own...

09 Aug. 2006 - 21:12 Daemon-Djinn

Thanks for the replies ^_^

I found my answer. Guess from where??? Right here at virtualplastic. I know.. crazy right... Apparently Methodik had the same idea and created xTaskSwitch v0.807.

It works great! Could use some added features but it's great for what I was looking for.

Thanks Again.
Rob

10 Aug. 2006 - 15:34 choo-chee

ther best alt+tab tool is taskswitchXP. it gives you a preview of all tasks, replaces the alt+tab of windows, and you can have a mouse button (in my case, logitech 4th button in the mouse) to activate it.... it's the best.

16 Aug. 2006 - 01:27 spyder

i second choo-chee's suggestion, altough Fungus AltTab is a potential rival, if and when Redllar implement all those "to-do-features".

18 Aug. 2006 - 17:52 hobgoblin

strange what pages that hides under virtualplastic...
ill have a look at fungus alttab as i have been looking for something to spice up the alt-tab window, and tashswitchxp isnt that usable in win2k...

21 Aug. 2006 - 05:45 hobgoblin

bah, the fungusalttab plays havoc with my alt key. it seems to get stuck ever so often...

21 Aug. 2006 - 11:50 grigri

Yeah, me too... it kept thinking the alt key was down, and when I double-clicked a file item I got the properties. I thought I was going crazy until I disabled fungus. Shame, I like the look...

23 Aug. 2006 - 22:51 hobgoblin

another issue that as any other program, it will be swapped out on high loads. this do not happen with the normal taskbar i think.

btw, i just read about a program that basicly enables you do have the vista win-tab switcher in xp...

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