Clever Alternative for Alt+Tab switching

The Alt+Tab key is one of the most frequently used Windows shortcuts. Particularly high usage ensues in Windows due to it’s lack of Spaces (ala Mac OS X) and Workspaces like Linux (Ubuntu) where you can categorize your windows into different desktop workspaces. And if you are like me and you have many windows open at the same time this process could get cumbersome. Though Windows Vista added the Win+Tab key which shows your windows like a tab-cycler, the actual difficulty still remains.

Now this difficulty is addressed (somewhat) by an application called Switcher, designed by Bao, who works for Microsoft at XPS. With Switcher running in the background, you can hit the Win+~ keyboard shortcut (this can be changed) to run through all the running programs but unlike Alt+Tab, Switcher creates a single of all running windows and assigns numbers to those windows – you can type a number to switch to the corresponding window without having to hit the Tab key multiple times.

But there’s more. Switcher includes an awesome find-as-you-type function so you can easily find the window by simply typing few characters that appear in the title of the window. And all these features will work just fine even if you have multiple monitor setup.

To watch Switcher in action, see the Youtube video below.