Comments on: Task Switching

By: Bobertoq

Bobertoq — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:15:06 +0000

I can’t get the command+tab+option thingy to work

By: AccordionManiac

AccordionManiac — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:52:04 +0000

I think I might have been living under a rock until I saw this video. Just tried TaskSwitchXP Pro 2.0 and it’s really really cool, and its got visual previews of windows too. I am on Win XP btw… Thanks Mr. P

By: Brandon Tindel

Brandon Tindel — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:18:46 +0000

Thx for the help with task switching!!!

By: Ruud Welten

Ruud Welten — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:00:47 +0000

Hey there Chris, I’m definitely going to try the Witch app on my Mac. I just wanted to try the built-in feature you explain with rolling your thumb over to the option button. I just can’t get it to work. I tried several combinations of buttons but nothing seems to work, is this maybe a Leopard-only function since I’m still using Tiger.

Well offcourse you might know the answer to that, if I’m correct I believe you are only running Leopard, but someone else might!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:22:28 +0000

Hi Chris, thanks for the video, it was really helpful, on the other hand, i was wondering what application would let you zoom in inside windows like OSX/Gnome zoom? i haven´t find it yet does anybody knows?

By: Bassem B.

Bassem B. — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:13:59 +0000

I’ve come across TaskSwitchXP, but one annoyance about it is the “mystery meat” factor that the default XP task switcher also has.

By “mystery meat” I mean the fact that an icon has no text associated with it until it is targeted (same design problem in some websites out there.)

Let’s say you have four folders open, and three Notepad windows. Using TaskSwitchXP (or default switcher), you see four folder icons and three Notepad icons. You can’t tell which is which until you target each of them. So what, if there’s a fancy screenshot? task switching should be quick, taking a second or less.

Personally I use freeware SmartTab. Minimal task switching dialog with icons and their titles right there. It even supports keyboard shortcuts for quick scrolling/activating.

SmartTab: http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/03/29/smarttab/

(freewaregenius.com is another excellent freeware blog)

By: kiddsock

kiddsock — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:13:53 +0000

TRy out Expose already built into Mac OS X is system prefs. WIth in an application use Command ~ (Tilde) to switch windows within the app you are on.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:21:01 +0000

There is also LiteSwitchX for OSX, a little bit more powerful than Witch, however its not free.

By: vahnx1337

vahnx1337 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:44:08 +0000

Touche

By: sportsfan89z

sportsfan89z — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:46:26 +0000

Nah i tried it and it said you need XP

By: k0koro

k0koro — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:45:39 +0000

like you.

By: DebianBasedLinuxDist

DebianBasedLinuxDist — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:44:50 +0000

I bet, if it works for XP, it works for Vista.

By: vahnx1337

vahnx1337 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:43:07 +0000

Fags need to get shot.

By: sportsfan89z

sportsfan89z — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:23:53 +0000

Work for Vista?

By: samohtstrikes

samohtstrikes — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:13:29 +0000

i think that task switch xp might work in vista if u right click it and choose properties go to compatibility and choose xp