LiteSwitch X
enhanced keyboard-based application switcher
Version: 2.6
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Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: mhucka Monday, November 25 2002 @ 11:24 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Unspecified
I disagree with the other reviewers' complaints, and find LiteSwitch to be an excellent utility. First, although it is true that command-tab is available in 10.2.2, its usability is poor. I find that having the applications switched using the doc is slow (it has to animate the doc sliding into place, then if you have magnification on, the icon has to zoomed up), and the application titles are hard to read when you have a lot of windows and other elements on the screen. (Remember, the doc app titles are written in white characters with black shadows. What color are most windows? Yeah, white. What color is most text in those windows? Black. I have good eyesight, but it still takes a splitsecond for me to read the white letters on windows filled with black text on white background.) Second, the command-tab switcher in 10.2.2 does not switch in the reverse order when you hold the shift key down. This is a fantastic feature and once you use it, you miss it immediately when it's not available. I previously bought Keyboard Maestro solely because it implemented a similar style of command-tab application switching. But then I discovered that Keyboard Maestro no longer did its thing for command-tab in OS 10.2.2. I tried the default command-tab in 10.2.2 but it drove me nuts. On a tip from a reviewer, I tried LiteSwitch. It's *wonderful* -- better than Keyboard Maestro's command-tab implementation, IMHO, and I gladly paid the registration fee for the usability and productivity improvements that LiteSwitch provides.
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