Never use Alt-Tab again with this free productivity tool
How many windows do you usually have open on your desktop? If you’re anything like me, it’s quite a few.
Being a modern-day knowledge worker means having a lot of applications open at any given time. My usual culprits include Chrome, Outlook, Excel, MindManager, Notion, Explorer, Teams, along with a host of other applications that see intermittent use.
Switching between these can be done in a few ways, some involve using a mouse while others involve the keyboard.
Each switch only takes a few seconds at most, but I found out many years ago that it can easily take me out of a flow state if I have to click around too much. So I’ve always been playing around with ways to make this app switching more transparent in my workflow.
Before I show you how my current setup is, let’s review the different ways Windows 10 allows us to switch between different applications.
Using a mouse
Click on the application in the taskbar
This is probably the most common way most people use to switch between applications. Perfectly acceptable, if a little slow. Simply find the icon for the app you want, and hit it with…
