> On 27/10/2006, at 10:02 AM, Simon James wrote: > >> Between "Apple-Tab" to change programs, "Apple-Tilde" to change >> documents, >> and Expose which I map to the thumb button on my mouse, I find it >> quite >> efficient. > > I use Expose with a mouse corner - for those of you who haven't seen > it, it zooms out all active windows allowing you to switch between > them very quickly - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expos%C3%A9_ > (Mac_OS_X). I have too many apps running for Apple-Tab to be > effective and use Expose so much I'm quite annoyed when I'm on a > computer that doesn't have it. Clones are being created for Linux but > I haven't seen one working. You'll probably need a 2GB video card to > do this under Vista.
Last night I was processing several hundred PDF faxes, all open at once. I accidentally hit the expose button. The virtual memory allocation exploded while the system tried to figure out what 500 miniature faxes looked like on 48 inches of screen. I went out and had dinner, came back and it had finished it's patchwork. When I got home, I found my Wintel box trying to hang itself with an Ethernet cable from the ceiling fan. >> To launch applications, "Shift-Apple-A", type the first few letters >> of the >> application then "Apple - down arrow". 2 seconds usually. The >> utilities >> folder is accessible also, "Shift-Apple-U". > > These only work with the Finder active though right? I've been using > Quicksilver http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ which is like Spotlight > on steroids, and lets me find any app or document with a couple of > keystrokes. Yeah, I use my left hand on the shortcut, and mouse click on the desktop a microsecond before. I try to avoid installing too much macro software, as OS updates tend to break it which invariably means a patch, which invariable means more time offsetting the gains from the macro. Suppose it would vary between users. Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
