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Little apps of the week

I must confess that I’m addicted to those little utilities for Mac that pop up pretty much every week and whose goal is to facilitate, or enjoy more your Mac experience. So, I have to try them all (or let say almost all..). Today I’ll talk about three of them that I discovered recently and who in my opinion stand out of the crowd. on top of that that they’re free or really cheap.

TabExposé:
tabexpose.jpgHow much do you love Tabs ? Anyone who experienced Tab browsering could not imagine for one second having to go back to a single-page windows surfing. How much do you love Apple Exposé - the feature that displays all open windows in a quick and clear way so you can access what you need in a snap ?
TabExposé is a Safari add-on that enables you to view all open tabs in Safari the same way Exposé displays all open windows on your Desktop.

Namely:
namely.jpgNamely is possibly the fastest way to open applications. And unlike some other launchers, it doesn’t require any learning.
You simply activate it using your preferred keyboard shortcut, start typing part of an application’s name and see a list of matches as you type. Most of the time, one or two letters are enough. In fact, Namely learns your habits and makes your most-used apps even quicker to access over time. It’s basically Spotlight for applications, only much faster, and highly addictive.

Witch:
Have you ever wanted to switch to a certain window — not just the application it belongs to? While you can use Exposé to switch windows, doing so can be very clumsy if you’re the keyboard-only type of user. And don’t all of these windows look just the same when they are scaled down? Witch lets you access all of your windows by pressing a shortcut and choosing from a clearly arranged list of window titles. Moreover, you can…
- Directly access minimized windows without using your mouse
- Close minimized windows without bringing them to front first
- Zoom, de-/minimize, and close windows on the fly

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On Apr 07 2008 @ 15:42, Makki said: | Quote

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Great article Pat, Some apps there too.





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