I have for awhile been searching for a program that would
allow me to manage all my open windows – as I typically have anywhere from
30-40 windows open on any given day. The
most frustrating thing was eyeing over the icons trying to find a certain window,
and can’t seem to find it. So enter some
new tools for switching to open program by name:
- Switcher – Adds a new shortcut Windows+~ that pulls up an overlay with a grid of screenshots of open windows, sorted by most often active. Also, you can start typing, and it will search windows by name. Downside: Requires Windows Aero to be activated, and it is somewhat graphic/cpu intense. Probably not going to work well on a laptop.
- ENSO Launcher – Replaces your CAPS Lock as a shortcut to a popup window where you can type various commands (if you’re like me and hardly ever use CAPs lock anyway, it’s not a big deal to lose this key). You can type “go abcd” where abcd is part of the name of an open window. As you type a smart-list dynamically populates with closest matches, and you simply press Enter to switch to the application.
I have both installed, and I’m quickly preferring ENSO
Launcher because it is less graphic intense and more performant.
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