Thursday, May 11, 2006

Neat Little Taskbar Utility for Windows Users

Saw this item just now on Digg -- it's a freeware utility program that lets you rearrange and reorder the buttons in your Windows taskbar (the bar at the bottom of the screen, next to the Start button, that shows you what programs you have open): Taskbar Shuffle.

Now, I make no promises or guarantees that it won't blow up your computer or anything, but I installed it and it seems to be working okay.

Ordering the buttons in your taskbar may not seem like a big deal, though it can make it easier for you to switch between the open applications by clicking on the buttons instead of using Alt-Tab to cycle between the open programs.

(If you didn't know, in Windows, if you hit the Alt and Tab buttons together in Windows, you can switch between open applications -- Alt-Tab. Similarly, in most programs, hitting Control and Tab will switch you between open windows within an application -- Ctrl-Tab. Very handy, especially if you're multitasking and switching between multiple applications.)

Anyway, Taksbar Shuffle is free (though you can give the guy a donation if you like), so what more do you want?

Thanks -- Joe

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