Windows Taskbar Annoyance

[Andromedon]

I find myself clicking on programs on the taskbar very often...Do any of you know of a program that automatically maximizes programs/folders when hovering your mouse cursor over them on the taskbar itself?

[Krell]

Youre too good for Alt Tab?




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[Andromedon]

Thanks Krell, for the tip, and that other thread mentioning the recovery software. I have heard of the alt tab trick and found it to be annoying with the many programs and folders I have open. The mouse hover trick would make opening stuff more of a breeze.

What prompted my question was another program I tried today called Iconoid. It allows me to minimize all the opened up windows I have by going to the upper right hand corner of my screen. I quickly thought that If I could find a program that could open them back up by just hovering over them (when there are so many in the taskbar) - it would eliminate some of the clicking I do throughout the day and give my mouse a break!

[Krell]

I suppose if you have 15 screens open, ALT Tab might get taxing, but then again, if you have to peer at 15 icons that are small, how is that much better than the taskbar?

You can have other toolbars, you know?



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[Andromedon]

I have each program/folder memorized where its at on the taskbar, and each one is big enough to identify itself. I transfer files often (with the drag and drop method) and a tool such as the one I said earlier would help me out tremendously.

[Andromedon]

I'm just bumping this thread in case anyone else out there might possibly have any ideas for my problem.

[Andromedon]

More about that program I was wanting...I would also like the ability to change the reaction time it takes to maximize the document in the taskbar I travel over with the mouse. It would also be cool to have the ability to minimize too.

It would operate very much like the select tab option thats on Tab Mix Plus for Mozilla Firefox. I could pick the reaction time it takes to select something. Say...100ms.

[vixenk]

The only thing I know of that is something similar to what you're describing is KDE's multiple desktops function in Linux. One click and you can minimize/maximize all the programs you have open in the taskbar. I don't know if you can set it to do that on hover though.

[Andromedon]

Yeah, something similar to that vixen, but I want the hover ability because I find myself clicking a lot. I've searched google and found a promising program "Strokeit" yeah...its a funny name but a cool mouse gesture program for windows. I also found a windows task launcher modifier that makes the alt tab command prettier...but thats about it.

[napho]

This looks promising too. http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/nt/TXMouse/


X11 is better for fingers.
Copy with mouse.
Paste with mouse.
Focus without clicks.
Raise and lower windows.
So called X-Mouse.
One and only... True X-Mouse Gizmo.

[Andromedon]

Napho, that program was an excellent candidate but after a little fooling around, I found out it doesn't automatically highlight programs/folders on the taskbar.

However, the highlight and paste function the program has built in is a great way to copy and paste things for googling.

[shawners]

Have you used the cntrl X function?? works wonders. or cntrl W?

[Andromedon]

I don't want to use the keyboard to select documents up in my taskbar, I've tried all the keyboard shortcuts and find them to be painstaking.

[Andromedon]

I'll give this another nudge, possibly the final push to find out if anyone else has any idea what program would do what I desperately need.

[Krell]

Please make this the FINAL nudge, I didnt say anythin the last time you bumped your thread, but enough already, check back next week and see if anyone had an epiphany or cares.

The only other people that would reply to your thread, already have.


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