Icons in Alt-Tab

David O'Shaughnessy doshaugh at student.ecu.edu.au
Wed Oct 1 10:07:38 CEST 2003


On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:47:24 -0500
Ariel Arjona <lists at arjona.org> wrote:

> Hello all.
> 
> I noticed that when I alt-tab, I see the window title in the box, but
> not its icon.
> 
> I just came to realize how useful these icons are to me when I'm working
> because they spare me from having to read the title most of the time. 
> 
> Having to read the text forces me to take away my mind from the problem
> I'm solving and concentrate on finding out which window I need to switch
> to, which slows me down a lot. Moreover, since I run most of my windows
> maximized or close to it, I can't really use the window border hint.
> 
> Is there any chance that app icons get added to the alt-tab box?
> 
> Regards,
> Ariel



I found that to be true for me as well, slows me down quite a bit without having the icons as a reference.

Dave.



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