I've been relying on Alt-Tab to switch among open 
applications since Windows 3.1.  Now that I sometimes 
have 10 or 12 apps open at any given time, I'm finding 
that the muscles of my hand often get strained.

I really don't like the standard way that people switch 
among apps: moving the mouse down to the taskbar and 
clicking the icon of the app you want.  Are there other 
possibilities out there?  Maybe there are utilities that 
do this, or perhaps new hardware?  Thanks for any 
thoughts.

http://4sysops.com/archives/switcher-20-a-great-alt-tab-replacement-for-vista/

"Rick" <rick0726@verizon.net> wrote in message 
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> I've been relying on Alt-Tab to switch among open
> applications since Windows 3.1.  Now that I sometimes
> have 10 or 12 apps open at any given time, I'm finding
> that the muscles of my hand often get strained.
>
> I really don't like the standard way that people switch
> among apps: moving the mouse down to the taskbar and
> clicking the icon of the app you want.  Are there other
> possibilities out there?  Maybe there are utilities that
> do this, or perhaps new hardware?  Thanks for any
> thoughts. 

"Rick" <rick0726@verizon.net> wrote in message 
news:MPG.2569d1d94de9a34d989917@msnews.microsoft.com...
> I've been relying on Alt-Tab to switch among open
> applications since Windows 3.1.  Now that I sometimes
> have 10 or 12 apps open at any given time, I'm finding
> that the muscles of my hand often get strained.
>
> I really don't like the standard way that people switch
> among apps: moving the mouse down to the taskbar and
> clicking the icon of the app you want.  Are there other
> possibilities out there?  Maybe there are utilities that
> do this, or perhaps new hardware?  Thanks for any
> thoughts.



If you rule out keyboard sequences or clicking a mouse then there aren't 
many options left.

I suppose Voice Recognition commands would be another option.

I've seen helmets where you can control things via brain waves, but I 
suspect they're still a number of years off for general consumption....

-- 
Jon

On Nov 15, 1:53=A0pm, Rick <rick0...@verizon.net> wrote:
> I've been relying on Alt-Tab to switch among open
> applications since Windows 3.1. =A0Now that I sometimes
> have 10 or 12 apps open at any given time, I'm finding
> that the muscles of my hand often get strained.
>
> I really don't like the standard way that people switch
> among apps: moving the mouse down to the taskbar and
> clicking the icon of the app you want. =A0Are there other
> possibilities out there? =A0Maybe there are utilities that
> do this, or perhaps new hardware? =A0Thanks for any
> thoughts.

I'm using VistaSwitcher     http://www.ntwind.com/software/vistaswitcher.ht=
ml

Rick;1190942 Wrote: 
> I've been relying on Alt-Tab to switch among open
> applications since Windows 3.1. Now that I sometimes
> have 10 or 12 apps open at any given time, I'm finding
> that the muscles of my hand often get strained.
> 
> I really don't like the standard way that people switch
> among apps: moving the mouse down to the taskbar and
> clicking the icon of the app you want. Are there other
> possibilities out there? Maybe there are utilities that
> do this, or perhaps new hardware? Thanks for any
> thoughts.


Get a keyboard with a trackball like this one ( 'RF Wireless Keyboard
with Optical Trackball' (http://www.fentek-ind.com/kbmrfotb45ub.htm) ).
Then you won`t have any fatigue in your hand because your hand always
stays at rest.


-- 
whs