Two tiny, useful utilities

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Posted by Cassius
Aug 31, 2013 at 04:41 AM

Put them in your Startup folder.

Note: I run Win XP. Later versions of Windows may include these features..

SmartTab: When you press ALT-Tab, this utility gives you a menu of what you have open and allows you to click on what you want.

Taskbar Shuffle: This lets you rearrange the items on your task bar by dragging them to where you want them.

Posted by Dr Andus
Aug 31, 2013 at 08:28 PM

Cassius wrote:
>SmartTab: When you press ALT-Tab, this utility gives you a menu of what
>you have open and allows you to click on what you want.
>Taskbar Shuffle: This lets you rearrange the items on your task bar by
>dragging them to where you want them.

Thanks for these. Currently I need to be working on my netbook and I’m trying to figure out what is the most efficient way to work with many application windows on a tiny screen. I’ve been trying out Infinite_Screen, a desktop extender, and it works fairly well, but I need to see if SmartTab might be actually quicker.

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 1, 2013 at 01:44 PM

I think this is the place to add reference to PureText http://stevemiller.net/puretext/ a utility I’ve found extremely useful during my computer life: it is the equivalent of Paste Unformatted or Paste as Plain Text which some programs thoughtfully include, but the advantage is that you can use it when copy/pasting between any pieces of software.

Posted by Cassius
Sep 1, 2013 at 03:03 PM

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
I think this is the place to add reference to PureText
>http://stevemiller.net/puretext/ a utility I’ve found extremely useful
>during my computer life: it is the equivalent of Paste Unformatted or
>Paste as Plain Text which some programs thoughtfully include, but the
>advantage is that you can use it when copy/pasting between any pieces of
>software.
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Personally I prefer formatted text. There is a very useful utility that allows one to create a clear, clean copy of a Web page that looks like a mess. I’ve been using it for years.
It can be found at http://www.readability.com/ .

It is FREE. It will ask you to sign in, but you don’t have to set up an account—I never have. The Web site recognizes what browser you are using and, if you choose, installs the utility, adding three buttons to your browser’s taskbar.

Another useful utility, if you want to block ads on Web pages, is adblockplus. if you Google “adblockplus” the first item shown should give you the link. On my laptop (Win XP), clicking on the link brings up a page in my language and for my browser.

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