The Switch is already an incredibly versatile console, and by adding Nintendo Switch accessories you can take your play to the next level. Use two Joy-Con controllers independently in each hand, slip them both into a grip for a conventional controller feel, or connect a strap to one controller. LiteSwitch X 2.0 ($14.95 Trialware) Proteron LLC. One of the few features that the Mac OS has borrowed from Windows is the keyboard-driven application switching via the keyboard.
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yep. it's a beauty. can't beat it with a brick bat.
and switching fast back and forward between two apps was one of my main concerns, while looking for good utilities.
this tools does it fast and nice. just they way i like small utilties
and great way to show off: just hit cmd-tab and resize the transparent window ;-)
I wish I could make it so that LaunchBar and some other things did not show up in LiteSwitch. You can do this in Keyboard Maestro and other such programs. Actually, I like having both Keyboard Maestro and LiteSwitch installed at the same time. I have LiteSwitch as command-tab and keyboard maestro's switcher as option-tab. LS I have set to only bring the top window of an app forward, which is usually what I want to do, but if I want all the apps' windows to come forward I use Keyboard Maestro's switcher instead. Of course I'd rather there was some simple way in LiteSwitch to decide on the fly which behavior I wanted....
Here is the link to the file:http://www.proteron.com/liteswitchx/LiteSwitchX.sit
And about Launch Bar, you can easily make LaunchBar a background app so it doesn't show in the Dock or LiteSwitchX or other 'Task' bars. Just select the 'Help' and its under 'Tips & Tricks'. It works great, all functions are still available.
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Why this functionality isn't already built into the OS is beyond me. Any modern window manager should allow the user to swap among open applications with a simple key combination (usually alt-tab). This program enables this and more bringing OS X closer to the high standard of keyboard navigation set forth by Windows. Even a mouse junkie would find this app indispensable after a few times of use.
Honestly if it weren't for Launchbar I would have gone back to OS9. The doc and finder are so frusterating, and in general the UI of OSX is so much more cumbersome than OS9 that it just makes me want to cry.
BUT Launchbar is one of those apps that makes me wonder how ANYONE used computers without it.
The Keys are customizable, so different people may have their settings differently, but on my machine if you hit command-tab you get normal launchbar (invaluable), and if you hit command-tab twice you go into application switching mode. The application switch works as it should (last used applications first). I also dragged my launchbar window from the top right corner to center screen, right where I need/want it.
Note: This program is no longer freeware. It's $15USD
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