Two Windows Programs I'm Trying Out: Directory Opus, Button Boogie
- Directory Opus - It's the Rolls Royce of file managers, and it's pretty pricey ($75). But it has the little luxurious touches. I'm also thinking about trying out XYplorer - half the price, and also well spoken of.
- Button Boogie 2 - I just bought this one for $8 from PC Magazine. It arranges my taskbar buttons alphabetically. I think I've found window-management nirvana - my taskbar is docked to my right, showing the titles of all my windows, and they are organized alphabetically so I can easily find any open window.
Funny how window-management has remained essentially the same for the past 20 years - overlapping windows. The drawback of course is that it's hard to find windows hidden behind others. So having an alphabetically sorted list of windows always visible is a major step forward in ease of use.
posted by Jonathan at
8/14/2007 12:31:00 p.m.
3 Comments:
Wow - I used Directory Opus on my Amiga 500 (when it looked like this).
By
Unknown, at 8/14/2007 6:36 p.m.
dan - even then, it looked like a powerful tool!
By
Jonathan, at 8/14/2007 6:57 p.m.
I'm also trialling GoScreen, which is a kind of TaskBar replacement / virtual desktop that sorts the window names alphabetically. I've got it docked down the left side of my display.
By
Jonathan, at 9/07/2007 10:33 p.m.
Post a Comment
<< Home