Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Flip and Flip 3D

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Date:

18-05-2006
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Penton Media
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PDF, Acrobat Reader
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4

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Since Windows 95, Microsoft made few attempts at improving the keyboard-based task switching functionality in various Windows versions and add-ons. One notable exception was a Windows XP PowerToy called Task Switcher replaced the normal ALT + TAB functionality with a new switcher pane that featured thumbnails of each running application. It was a good idea, but the performance was horrible. In Windows Vista, ALT + TAB has been renamed to Windows Flip and completely overhauled, assuming users are running Aero Glass. Likewise, a new task switching keyboard combination, called Flip 3D, provides a more graphical way of switching between running tasks. This, too, works only with Aero Glass.

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Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Flip and Flip 3D