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Switcher
Free by Bao Nguyen |
- Windows
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One of my favorite features in Mac OS is Expose, a built-in app that makes it easy to navigate through open windows and programs. In Windows Vista, the built-in Aero application switcher tries to approximate...

OS & Utilities window-manager, integrated-search +6 more, keyboard-shortcuts, switcher, multi-monitor, task-switcher, personalize, expose
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VistaSwitcher
Free by NTWind Software |
- Windows
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VistaSwitcher is an elegant and powerful task management utility for Windows OS. Once installed, it replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks, with...

switcher, alt-tab
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Witch
Commercial by Peter Maurer |
- Mac
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Witch lets you access all of your windows by pressing a shortcut and choosing from a clearly arranged list of window titles.

switcher, task-switcher
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SmartTab
Free by Tyberius Prime |
- Windows
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SmartTab, the better Alt-Tab (a Windows Alt-Tab Dialog replacement). Features: All windows with small icons & full title at a glance. Activate a window either by using the regular alt-tab...

portable, alt-tab-replacement, alt-tab, alttab
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TaskSwitchXP
Free |
- Windows
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TaskSwitchXP is an advanced task management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves off. It provides the same functionality, and adds visual styles to the dialog and also...

task-switcher, alt-tab
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miniMIZE
Free by Stephen Kew (illumination) |
- Windows
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miniMIZE is a small desktop enhancing application that catches windows that you minimize and puts a thumbnail of the main application window on your desktop.

widget, customization, gadget, minimize +1 more, window-preview
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Topdesk
Commercial by Otaku software |
- Windows
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TopDesk radically reduces the time you spend switching between tasks by giving you the ability to quickly find the window you want from a thumbnail view. Swiftly select a window from an Expose-like or...

task-switcher, expose, winflip, topdesk
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Winflip
Free by Koji Higashino |
- Windows
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WinFlip emulates Windows Vistas "Flip 3D" effect for Windows XP. Using the hotkey of your choice, you can find the window youre looking for in a fast, clean 3D interface.

customization, flip, vista-style, xp-theme +1 more, windows-theme
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Alttab++
Free by Chihiro |
- Windows
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AltTab++ is a light Japanese classic-style alt-tab alternative that offers, sticky alt-tab, customizable colors, vertical listings, and numbering. The website for AltTab++ is in Japanese, but the program...

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ThumbWin
Free |
- Windows
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ThumbWin can minimize the window on your desktop as thumbnails.
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Alt-Tab Thingy
Free by Nymithium Technologies |
- Windows
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If you are not familiar with the Alt-Tab task switcher in Windows, its a keyboard short-cut (hot-key) to enable fast switching between applications/windows. This feature has been in Windows since Windows 3.0...

alt-tab
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SuperSwitcher
Open Source by Nigel Tao |
- Linux
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SuperSwitcher is a (more feature-ful) replacement for the Alt-Tab window switching behavior and Ctrl-Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down workspace switching behavior that is currently provided by Metacity.

OS & Utilities window-organizer, workspace, multiple-desktops +2 more, alt-tab-replacement, window-switching
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Senebier
Free* |
- Mac
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Mac os x free task switcher + more function; gadget launcher e.t.c. - can not list tasks and/or select a task only in one application, listed whole tasks. (in v0.95. Witch has this feature)

switcher, task-switcher
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Shock Aero 3D
Free |
- Windows
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Have you seen the cool and nice effects of Windows Aero in Windows Vista? One of those effects is a view of your open windows in a three-dimensional stack on your desktop, and using hot keys, you can flip...

customization, switcher, flip, vista-style
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Deskpose NXT
Commercial by Thinking Minds, Building Bytes SL |
- Windows
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The ultimate desktop organizer. DeskPose NXT helps you to find your applications fast, organize your desktop and become more productive. Too many open windows? Stop findind! Start Exposing! We know that...

OS & Utilities desktop-enhancement, expose
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TorkilsTaskSwitcher
Free by Torkil Oelgaard |
- Windows
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TorkilsTaskSwitcher is an alternative/supplement to Windows' alt-tab task switcher

alt-tab-replacement, window-switching

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Switcher

VistaSwitcher

Witch

SmartTab

TaskSwitchXP

miniMIZE

Topdesk

Winflip

Alttab++

ThumbWin

Alt-Tab Thingy

SuperSwitcher

Senebier

Shock Aero 3D

Deskpose NXT

TorkilsTaskSwitcher

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