alt+tab for vista

[VJ]

Hello,

I'm looking for a (free) alt+tab replacement for Vista, that offers a preview of the applications. On XP, I used the excellent tool TaskSwitchXP, but it doesn't run on Vista.

As my videocard (Parhelia) does not support the Aero interface, I don't have flip3D or even flip...

Any suggestions?

Thanks!


Jörg

[az]

Get a mac

[VJ]

Any oher suggestions? (and don't suggest Linux! )


Jorg

[Gurm]

Get a real video card?

[gt40]

Get a real video card?

ouch.

[VJ]

Ouch indeed...
I knew I could expect this comment...

It is just: I don't care about the aero interface (allthough it would also allow media center), but have grown accustomed to those alt+tab previews (convenient when you have multiple instances of the same program). Besides: the mainboard has agp and pci-x (no pci express) slots, so buying a new videocard for it seems a waste.

As there are tools on XP to do it, why not on Vista?
(rhethorical question )

Jorg

[Helevitia]

I could have sworn Vista already gives you the preview for alt+tab. Am I wrong?

What about windows key+tab?

[Helevitia]

How about this: http://cybernetnews.com/2007/06/19/c...istas-alt-tab/

[dZeus]

Ouch indeed...
I knew I could expect this comment...

It is just: I don't care about the aero interface (allthough it would also allow media center), but have grown accustomed to those alt+tab previews (convenient when you have multiple instances of the same program). Besides: the mainboard has agp and pci-x (no pci express) slots, so buying a new videocard for it seems a waste.

As there are tools on XP to do it, why not on Vista?
(rhethorical question )

Jorg

in my book being accustomed to alt-tab previews in windows is the same as caring about aero interface, as at least it's 3D accelerated with aero (instead of hogging the CPU as with these XP-compatible replacements).

Why would a new AGP card be a waste? My advice: get an AMD HD2400

[VJ]

Helevitia: This is going to sound odd, but my keyboard has no wondows key... It is trusty old cherry professional with a din5 plug, connected using a ps/2 to din5 dapter. I'll look into that link. I'll also try to remap that hotkey. :-)

dZeus: Why is that the same? Aero = eye-candy, alt+tab previews offer a convenient functionality if you have different instances of the same software running.

Jorg

[dZeus]

alt-tab preview, without slowing down your pc to a crawl (as some of the add-in packages for XP do) is why you should care about Aero Glass.

If you don't care about other hw accelerated effects you can always disable them.

[VJ]

TaskSwitchXP doesn't slow down the pc to a halt, nor does the Microsoft alt-tab-replacement powertoy...

Jörg

[VJ]

Just found a way to get TaskswitchXP to work. The two .exe (application and configuration program) files are also available in a zip file; extract this and set the compatibility mode to XP. Then run the config program and select "low level keyboard hook method". And it works!


Jörg