Software enhances general Windows user interface.
Press Release Summary:
Actual Window Manager v5.2 features multi-monitor taskbar facility which emulates general Windows Taskbar on secondary displays, thus allowing familiar way to control windows on all displays, both primary and secondary. Multi-monitor Taskbar facility emulates start button on secondary monitors, offering user access to Start Menu from any monitor. Multi-monitor Task Switcher clones general Windows Task Switcher to all secondary displays, preventing distractions when switching tasks.
Original Press Release:
How to Improve Dual-Monitor Windows GUI
VANCOUVER, Canada - October 2008: Actual Tools, the leading provider of desktop productivity software, today announces Actual Window Manager 5.2, the newest version of its tool for enhancing the general Windows user interface with new abilities, now presenting usability features especially for multi-monitor users.
Multiple display PC configurations (especially dual-monitor setups) are becoming more and more popular. Dual-monitor systems are already highly appreciated by software developers, web designers, call center operators, online traders, stockbrokers and many other professionals which extensively use their PC every day - greater usability and increased work productivity given by the expanded screen space justify the cost of extra display unit.
However, general Windows user interface (including the latest Windows Vista/2008) has some minor but annoying drawbacks when using several monitors:
o there is no standard service such as Windows Taskbar to manage windows located on secondary displays - you can't quickly minimize, restore, or activate any particular window via its Taskbar button without having to move your cursor to the primary display
o there is no access to the Start Menu from secondary displays - requires moving your cursor to the primary display each time you need to access Start Menu
o when you switch windows using Alt-Tab the Task Switcher service window is displayed on the primary display only, which is quite distracting if your current attention is on a secondary display
o there is no quick way to move a window to a certain monitor or to maximize a window over the entire composite desktop if such need arises
The purpose of new Actual Window Manager 5.2 is to overcome all these drawbacks and let you use your multi-monitor system at full power - it brings you three remarkable and extremely useful tools:
o the Multi-monitor Taskbar facility emulates the general Windows Taskbar on secondary displays, thus allowing the familiar way to control windows on all displays, both primary and secondary
o also, the Multi-monitor Taskbar facility emulates the Start button on secondary monitors, thus giving you quick access to the Start Menu from any monitor
o the Multi-monitor Task Switcher facility clones the general Windows Task Switcher to all secondary displays, thus preventing distractions when switching tasks
o the Move to Monitor extra title button allows you to quickly place a window on a certain monitor in a single click
o the right click on the standard Maximize button will expand a window over the entire composite desktop (the second such click will restore a window to its previous position/size)
http://actualtools.com/windowmanager/dual_monitor_taskbar_task_switcher_and_other_multi_monitor_enhancements.shtml
Company Name: Actual Tools
Address 1: 14 Parizhskoy Kommuny St., Apt. 32
City: Krasnoyarsk
Zip: 660049
Country: Russian Federation
Phone: 111111111111111
URL: http://www.actualtools.com/
Contact Name: Michael Tretyakov
Title: Actual Window Manager
E-mail: actualtools@actualtools.com
