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Old 10-07-05, 07:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hmm Switcher Bar

Ok, I upgraded from A04 to A04 WM 2003 SE yesterday. Now I cannot find switcher bar, which used to be in the Settings | System area. It wasn't a separate install from the CD was it? Did Dell reomove it? Where can I get it?
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Old 10-07-05, 07:23 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Mine is there and I have A05. Did you look for the program in \Windows folder?
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I see it there. Thanks!
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Old 10-08-05, 07:03 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Or you could discard switcher & use vBar from vieka.com.
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SmallMenu is another one which is reasonably good - http://tillanosoft.com/ce/smenu.html

Though I'm going to check out vBar, as SmallMenu is a pay program if you want it to be accessible from the top taskbar, otherwise you can use the free version and bind it to a hardware button - I don't really like that though.

Switcher Bar is a bit horrible... yuck. It's pixel-doubled (not VGA aware), gets in the way (covers up the program title area), and seems a bit buggy to me. I'll have a look at vBar, it looks quite good. I liked Pocket Plus's way of doing it, but Pocket Plus seems like a bit of a resource hog.

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Old 10-10-05, 08:42 AM   #9 (permalink)
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vBar is nice because it can put a dual battery/memory indicator at the top of the screen; tapping the indicator gives you a list of running programs which you can switch to or stop; and it makes the "X" at the top right of a program's screen mean Quit. Oh, and you can customize colors and icons, among other things.
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Old 10-10-05, 06:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Actually, I switched to Magic Button. So far, I like it. Seemed a bit strange at first, but now I am getting used to it.
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Old 10-10-05, 07:40 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Pocket Plus as a nice way of switching and closing, tho seems to not be as responsive/quick as Magic Button.
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Yeah, I agree. I would prefer something that doesnt put extra buttons all over the place and clutter my taskbar. I like the way you can just tap 'n hold close and get a menu with Pocket Plus, or tap 'n drag down to do a quick close on the current program. It's a shame we can't have that part of P+ separately... that's pretty much the only thing I want out of Pocket Plus.

I checked out VBar and hmmmmmmmmm... it's okay, but I wish the author would sort out the colour guessing code. It's a bit of a pain to have to work out the background colour by yourself and punch it in every time you switch to a new theme. Still, for the program's size - and freeware - it's pretty good. I hope the author updates it or something.

Are there any other task switchers that I haven't heard of yet? (So that's apart from Pocket Plus, Vbar, Magic button and SmallMenu)

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