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Mobile Tech Minutes: Freeware Adds Expose´ Function to Vista

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Today I’m offering a short video look at a free application called Switcher. It’s for Windows Vista devices and only those with Aero functionality enabled. Switcher adds another useful way to navigate around through your active applications. There’s a Tiled view that reminds me of Expose´ in Mac OS X, a Dock view and a simple Grid view. One keystroke combo is all it takes and you can also assign that combo to a mouse button.

In trying to keep the video short, I neglected to show off one excellent feature pictured below: when Switcher is activated, you can simply start typing the name of a window. The software will immediately narrow down the applications that meet your typed search criteria so that you can quickly find the window you’re looking for.

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