Switcher brings you Mac Expose to Windows

Switcher is a free software that brings you near perfect feel of Expose feature in MAC. Vista and Seven gives a stacked view of all the open windows when you press Win+Tab key. But it is really annoying to go over the list of windows to select one. I have played with Expose only a few times but I really loved that. As expected, Win 7 did not come up with that feature. Switcher that does this job perfect on Win 7 and hopefully on Vista as well. I have been using Switcher for a couple of weeks and haven't had any problems so far. I have hardly used ALT+Tab in these two weeks. A snapshot from my comp(running Win 7).

You can download Switcher here. This blog explains some of the basics of Switcher usage and configuration along with nice screenshots.

Google Chrome Bookmark Sync

A long awaited feature in Chrome has finally arrived. Bookmarks Sync feature is already available in Firefox through lot of addons (esp X-marks). Now Chrome 4 has this feature built in. Upgrade to Chrome 4 Beta and you can see an option "Synchronize my bookmarks" under the wrench menu. Login with your google account and you all set. The bookmarks will be autosync-d thereafter and can also be retrieved from any other system with Chrome 4. Remember that this is a BETA version so may see some crashes once in a while. Google Toolbar used to store bookmarks under Google Notebook, which is no longer in development. Chrome bookmarks are now stored in your Google Docs.

Terminator

I have been using GNU Screen for quite some time when I work on remote servers through SSH. It allows me to switch between different screens in a jiffy, split screens horizontally and vertically, search for a string in the scrolled text and above all it saves the session. I really missed the split screen and search functionality while working with the traditional terminal window in Ubuntu. I used GNU Screen within terminal window to get those missing functionalities. Finally I found this tool, Terminator - a nice equivalent of GNU Screen that does a better job. The controls are so easy to split screens, switch between screens, text search, etc... You can even manipulate it graphically say, drag and drop to change positions, resize individual screens, which is not available in GNU Screen. Check out the Terminator manual for more info.