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    MAC like feature where you can toggle between windows?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by latestgood, Sep 12, 2011.

  1. latestgood

    latestgood Notebook Consultant

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    Is there application like MAC where it lets you see all of your open windows at once? I really have Tab-Alt compare to Mac's ability to see all of your open windows to toggle between.

    Thank you,
     
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    latestgood Notebook Consultant

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    IS there a review as to which one's the best one?
     
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    What's wrong with Alt+Tab?
     
    nemt, Sep 12, 2011
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Or that Windows logo key + Tab. I found it even better than Alt+Tab
     
    killkenny1, Sep 12, 2011
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  5. Rodster

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    Yup I second that. I've been using that for some time now. :)
     
    Rodster, Sep 12, 2011
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    alt-tab shows all the nice preview windows for me. they could be a bit bigger, but they're big enough. plus while tabbing trough, the to-select window gets shown in the front, too.

    else, there are some expose copies, but i never got used to them.
     
    davepermen, Sep 12, 2011
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    I like Windows 7's alt+tab previews (it existed in xp as a powertoy as well, i think? that was a long time ago...). Windows+tab is nice when I remember to use it, but it's slightly jarring.
     
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  8. nemt

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    I had no idea this existed.
    Whoa.
     
    nemt, Sep 12, 2011
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    Most people don't.

    Everyone thinks that the mac-key-plus-whatever goodness is exclusive to the Mac.

    It isn't. Was on Windows first (and Unix via CDE, waaaay, before KDE came out on Linux). Like so much of what they do, Apple copied it. Documented it and trained the fanbois faithful better, yes. But invented it, no.

    Here is a quick list of Windows key combos.....

    Windows key - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     
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    Like newposter said, there are so much combinations that one even doesn't suspect that they exist. Also another one useful combination would be Windows key+T, it scrolls through all currently running programs in taskbar.
     
    killkenny1, Sep 13, 2011
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  11. killkenny1

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    Indrek well yeah, but shows open windows of only running ones. That's what I've meant :).
     
    killkenny1, Sep 13, 2011
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  12. nemt

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    What's this windows key + space "aero peek" I see listed?
     
    nemt, Sep 13, 2011
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    jup. for as long as you hold the [win] key.

    sadly, i have nothing on my desktop. not that useful, then :)
     
    davepermen, Sep 13, 2011
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