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Compiz

Open Source by Compiz |
Linux

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Compiz and Compiz Fusion are merging and are now known as Compiz. Compiz is a compositing window manager. It has a flexible plugin interface which allows developers to use it for many different tasks. ...

OS & Utilities window-manager, virtual-desktop, compositing
+3 more window-resizer, aerodock, power-resizer
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Dexpot

Free* by Sebastian Brands, Patrick Dubbert |
Windows

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Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and...

OS & Utilities virtual-desktop, multiple-desktops
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VirtuaWin

Open Source by Johan Piculell, Steven Phillips |
Windows

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VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system . A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops

OS & Utilities virtual-desktop, workspace, desktop-manager
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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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AquaSnap

Free* by Nurgo Software |
Windows

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AquaSnap is a free software that greatly enhances the way you can arrange windows on your Desktop. It gives you the possibility to snap windows to the edges or to the corners of the desktop simply by dragging...

portable, window-management, aero, arrange-windows
+3 more aerosnap, aquasnap, aqua-snap
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Spaces

Commercial by Apple Computer, Inc. |
Mac

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Spaces, one of the coolest new features of Mac OS X Leopard, lets you switch among multiple desktops. For example, you might create a communication workspace for Mail, iChat, and Address Book, another for...

OS & Utilities virtual-desktop, multiple-desktops
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Preme for Windows

Free by Jai Nattapon |
Windows

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Preme is a free software for Windows which lets you add cool desktop features and enhances the desktop functionality. Key features: # Touch the corners of your desktop to push shortcut key or open any...

OS & Utilities customization, desktop-enhancement
+1 more desktop-customization
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Mission Control

Commercial by Apple Inc. |
Mac

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Mission Control, formerly Exposé, is a feature of the OS X operating system. Mission Control lets you view all open windows with a single keystroke: it unshuffles overlapping windows on your desktop...

OS & Utilities window-manager, desktop-environment
+1 more window-organizer
SmallWindows

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This application has been discontinued. More info: This application is no longer actively developed.
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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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Nimi Visuals

Free by Nimi projects |
Windows

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Adds eye-candy effects to windows (and start menu) like deformations (e.g: jelly windows - that makes moved window wiggle like being made from jelly; or fold - which hides windows by folding up horizontally,...

OS & Utilities portable Settings are stored in flat file database., customization, desktop-enhancement
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Raskin

Commercial by Raskin Software LLC |
Mac

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Inspired by Jef Raskin, our zoomable user interface shows you all the stuff on your computer on a single surface. Using zoom and pan to view, arrange and open documents feels so right. In minutes you’ll...

File Management, Office & Productivity document-management, finder, file-browser
+2 more photo-browser, expose
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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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Alt-Tab Replacement

Free by Microsoft |
Windows

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With this PowerToy, in addition to seeing the icon of the application window you are switching to, you will also see a preview of the page. This helps particularly when multiple sessions of an application are...

professional, windows-xp
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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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sawfish

Open Source by http://sawfish.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page |
Linux

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Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and...

OS & Utilities window-manager, desktop-environment
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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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