Comments on: Task Switch XP http://blog.billauer.com/2006/01/19/task-switch-xp/ Technology and .... Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Vince Delmonte http://blog.billauer.com/2006/01/19/task-switch-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-13066 Vince Delmonte Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:57:13 +0000 http://blog.billauer.com/?p=16#comment-13066 Hey, cool tips. I'll buy a glass of beer to that person from that forum who told me to visit your blog :) Hey, cool tips. I’ll buy a glass of beer to that person from that forum who told me to visit your blog :)

]]> By: melvynadam http://blog.billauer.com/2006/01/19/task-switch-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-14 melvynadam Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:53:04 +0000 http://blog.billauer.com/?p=16#comment-14 New version came out: v2.0.9 http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/history.html Mostly bug fixes so worth downloading: New interface languages (+5 new). Improved animation for minimizing to tray. Second press of the sticky hotkey works now like as Enter. Bug with MSN Messenger conversation window was fixed. Bug with switching to multiple windows was fixed. Bug of installer with unsupported language was fixed. Bug with MS Office Outlook message icon was fixed. Some issues with text colors were fixed. Some minor bugs were fixed. New version came out: v2.0.9

http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/history.html

Mostly bug fixes so worth downloading:
New interface languages (+5 new).
Improved animation for minimizing to tray.
Second press of the sticky hotkey works now like as Enter.
Bug with MSN Messenger conversation window was fixed.
Bug with switching to multiple windows was fixed.
Bug of installer with unsupported language was fixed.
Bug with MS Office Outlook message icon was fixed.
Some issues with text colors were fixed.
Some minor bugs were fixed.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.billauer.com/2006/01/19/task-switch-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Josh Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:01:14 +0000 http://blog.billauer.com/?p=16#comment-7 Wow, Avi, when you review an application, you don't leave much up to chance. Very in depth. nice. Wow, Avi, when you review an application, you don’t leave much up to chance. Very in depth. nice.

]]> By: Avi Shmidman http://blog.billauer.com/2006/01/19/task-switch-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Avi Shmidman Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:26:21 +0000 http://blog.billauer.com/?p=16#comment-6 When I first saw the title, targetting users who keep many windows open at once, I was hoping you were presenting a solution for the limited resources problem on XP. But I was nevertheless quite pleased with this utility, since the standard Alt-Tab is just not sufficient when 50-75 windows need to be managed simultaenously. Of course, the default mode of the program only displays 12 lines of text, so my first attempt at configuration was aimed at getting more applications on that screen at one time. The dimensions of the window are indeed configurable - theoretically up to 100 lines - but at a certain point they just scroll off the screen without a scrollbar. I found that I was able to reasonably go up 25 lines, which is already a big jump from the standard alt-tab. I was even able to get it to 30 lines by positioning it as "center" (oddly, with the position set to "top", there is always a significant margin above it. to use the whole screen, "center" must be chosen.) However, to see all 75 windows at once, I needed to move to "icon" mode (instead of "vertical list"); this mode can provide a nice overview of *hundreds* of windows, since it only displays the icons. If you need a particular window, it won't help much, but if you need to pick a single application at of the bunch, you can find it immediately. However, when so many windows are in use, what we really need is the ability to see the list of titles in multiple columns (currently, widening the window does not add columns). Hopefully the writer will add this one day. [And, for the meantime, since the icon list is the only way to see all windows at once, I am going to be using both the icon list as well as the text list; Therefore, I'd prefer to have two separate hotkeys for these two lists, or a quick way to move between the modes without going to the configuration dialog.] The "instance list" is particularly useful - get all of the windows belonging to the current program, or to a particular program on the list. Great concept! The right click functionality is very useful. For instance, on the Alt-F12 screen, one can access the process info, and do things such as close windows or end processes. A few issues here: 1] The process info window appears *on top* of the window image. But when you are using an enlargened process list window (as I am), there is plenty of space above and below, and there is no reason to obscure the window image. 2] After performing actions such as "close", the list should not disappear, since it is natural to use that situation to close multiple windows. Finally, to end on a positive note, an example of how flexible the program is in its current form: I tend to move the mouse randomly as I alt-tab, and in this case this created a conflict, since the mouseover triggers a select on the alt tab screen. But sure enough, within several moments I found that I was able to disable the mouseover effect from the configuration screen. When I first saw the title, targetting users who keep many windows open at once, I was hoping you were presenting a solution for the limited resources problem on XP. But I was nevertheless quite pleased with this utility, since the standard Alt-Tab is just not sufficient when 50-75 windows need to be managed simultaenously.
Of course, the default mode of the program only displays 12 lines of text, so my first attempt at configuration was aimed at getting more applications on that screen at one time. The dimensions of the window are indeed configurable – theoretically up to 100 lines – but at a certain point they just scroll off the screen without a scrollbar. I found that I was able to reasonably go up 25 lines, which is already a big jump from the standard alt-tab. I was even able to get it to 30 lines by positioning it as “center” (oddly, with the position set to “top”, there is always a significant margin above it. to use the whole screen, “center” must be chosen.)
However, to see all 75 windows at once, I needed to move to “icon” mode (instead of “vertical list”); this mode can provide a nice overview of *hundreds* of windows, since it only displays the icons. If you need a particular window, it won’t help much, but if you need to pick a single application at of the bunch, you can find it immediately.
However, when so many windows are in use, what we really need is the ability to see the list of titles in multiple columns (currently, widening the window does not add columns). Hopefully the writer will add this one day. [And, for the meantime, since the icon list is the only way to see all windows at once, I am going to be using both the icon list as well as the text list; Therefore, I'd prefer to have two separate hotkeys for these two lists, or a quick way to move between the modes without going to the configuration dialog.]
The “instance list” is particularly useful – get all of the windows belonging to the current program, or to a particular program on the list. Great concept!
The right click functionality is very useful. For instance, on the Alt-F12 screen, one can access the process info, and do things such as close windows or end processes. A few issues here:
1] The process info window appears *on top* of the window image. But when you are using an enlargened process list window (as I am), there is plenty of space above and below, and there is no reason to obscure the window image.
2] After performing actions such as “close”, the list should not disappear, since it is natural to use that situation to close multiple windows.

Finally, to end on a positive note, an example of how flexible the program is in its current form: I tend to move the mouse randomly as I alt-tab, and in this case this created a conflict, since the mouseover triggers a select on the alt tab screen. But sure enough, within several moments I found that I was able to disable the mouseover effect from the configuration screen.

]]> By: melvynadam http://blog.billauer.com/2006/01/19/task-switch-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-5 melvynadam Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:24:27 +0000 http://blog.billauer.com/?p=16#comment-5 Thanks for recommending this tool. Initial impressions are great. I particularly like the "left-right pane order" option - all other windows apps work that way already (e.g. Explorer's list of folders on the left then the specifics of each on the right) Although it's completely logical it had never occured to me that it was missing from the Alt-Tab tool. The "minimize windows to tray with right-click on minimize button" option is also very useful (although only peripherally related to Alt-Tab. Thanks for recommending this tool. Initial impressions are great. I particularly like the “left-right pane order” option – all other windows apps work that way already (e.g. Explorer’s list of folders on the left then the specifics of each on the right) Although it’s completely logical it had never occured to me that it was missing from the Alt-Tab tool.
The “minimize windows to tray with right-click on minimize button” option is also very useful (although only peripherally related to Alt-Tab.

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