TransOther Alternatives
TransOther is described as *'Make all windows but the active one transparent.
Features:
- User defined transparency level.
- Can ignore always ontop windows.
- Won't make parent windows transparent while children is active'* and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TransOther for Windows, PortableApps.com and Windows Explorer. The best alternative is AquaSnap, which is free. Other great apps like TransOther are Dexpot, SmartSystemMenu, altdrag and Sizer.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Aquasnap is a powerful window manager that helps you arrange and organize multiple applications on your desktop with minimum effort. It allows you to achieve maximum multitasking, especially if you own a high-resolution monitor or a multi-monitor setup.
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 NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista (incl. x64).
Discontinued
Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:
AltDrag allows you to move and resize windows much easier. When you have it running you can simply hold down the Alt key and then use your mouse to drag any window, and it doesn't matter where in the window you click.
Sizer is a freeware utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact, predefined size. This is extremely useful when designing web pages, as it allows you to see how the page will look when viewed at a smaller size.
Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.
Discontinued
Last update is from 2015 but the project has been forked: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray
Taekwindow is a simple, lightweight and free Windows program that allows you to move and resize windows by dragging them with the Alt key, similar to many X11 window managers.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
KDE Mover-Sizer is a lightweight program enabling KDE-style alt-click moving and resizing for Windows XP, 7, 2000, 2003, Windows Server, and Vista.
GridMove - A window management tool that can quickly arrange your windows into desktop grids.
WinSize2 can move windows automatically to a predefined place and / or resize the width and/or height to a predefined size.
Discontinued
No updates since "V 2.38.04 (2011-06-10)". See http://winsize2.sourceforge.net/en/