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How does the Alt+Tab behavior differ between 7 and 10?

by rewgs 5y ago

Tsiklon 5y ago
I think they meant Super+Tab which on 7 cycled through each window like a deck of cards
- morjom 5y ago
  Isn't the only difference between the 7 and 10 Super+Tab that instead of the card deck, you can see all of them at once?
EvanAnderson 5y ago
I'm complaining about aesthetics, ultimately. I'm not talking about 'Flip 3D'. That was silly eye candy and served no functional purpose. The stock Windows 10 ALT-TAB behavior presents gigantic thumbnails of the open windows. You can hold ALT and press the arrows to move focus between them. With the number of applications I usually have open it's very cumbersome. The thumbnails are gigantic, do not have a consistent aspect ratio, and do not necessarily look consistent (as they change depending on what's going on inside the app). Example: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5d2fb024e91ee.png https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5d2... Windows 7 presented thumbnails for the open programs with a consistent aspect ratio and at a manageable size. Example: https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/alt-tab-windows-7.jpg.optimal.jpg https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/... There was also an option to display the open programs as icons: https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/windows-7-alt-tab.jpg.optimal.jpg https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/... Both of these allowed you to use the arrow keys to move and were less visually jarring than the new Windows 10 ALT-TAB. You can configure Windows 10 to use the icon-style "classic" ALT-TAB, but the arrow keys don't work to move between programs: https://winaero.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows-10-classic-alt-tab.png https://winaero.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows-... I could probably get used to the ugly stock Windows 10-style ALT-TAB. I found I was much slower than with Windows 7, but I'll probably get faster with time. It would be nice if it took up less of the screen. I really prefer the Windows 7 icon-style but there's no way to get that in Windows 10, apparently.
- rewgs 5y ago
  I'm over here using Alt+Tab on Windows 10 with my arrow keys. Not sure why it isn't working for you. I thought you were getting to the fact that "show desktop" isn't one of the options in Windows 10 Alt+Tab, which is something I really miss from Windows 7. Literally just now I was wishing it was still around. I know you can Win+D but sometimes you're just cycling through and realize you want to see the desktop.
  - EvanAnderson 5y ago
    My complain is aesthetics, like I said. You can get the arrow key functionality but only with the huge not-consistent-aspect-ratio thumbnails. In the "classic" view w/ icons the arrows don't work, whereas they do on Windows 7. In the end I'm just complaining because I don't really like change. When I was a kid and computers / OS's were fun and novel toys it was great to have new UI to play with. Now the computer is a tool and a means to and end and I just want the damned thing to work and look the same way consistently. Computers have really lost their charm and fun for me.

How does the Alt+Tab behavior differ between 7 and 10?

by rewgs 5y ago

How does the Alt+Tab behavior differ between 7 and 10?

Tsiklon 5y ago

I think they meant Super+Tab which on 7 cycled through each window like a deck of cards

morjom 5y ago
Isn't the only difference between the 7 and 10 Super+Tab that instead of the card deck, you can see all of them at once?

EvanAnderson 5y ago

I'm complaining about aesthetics, ultimately. I'm not talking about 'Flip 3D'. That was silly eye candy and served no functional purpose. The stock Windows 10 ALT-TAB behavior presents gigantic thumbnails of the open windows. You can hold ALT and press the arrows to move focus between them. With the number of applications I usually have open it's very cumbersome. The thumbnails are gigantic, do not have a consistent aspect ratio, and do not necessarily look consistent (as they change depending on what's going on inside the app). Example: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5d2fb024e91ee.png https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5d2... Windows 7 presented thumbnails for the open programs with a consistent aspect ratio and at a manageable size. Example: https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/alt-tab-windows-7.jpg.optimal.jpg https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/... There was also an option to display the open programs as icons: https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/windows-7-alt-tab.jpg.optimal.jpg https://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/... Both of these allowed you to use the arrow keys to move and were less visually jarring than the new Windows 10 ALT-TAB. You can configure Windows 10 to use the icon-style "classic" ALT-TAB, but the arrow keys don't work to move between programs: https://winaero.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows-10-classic-alt-tab.png https://winaero.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows-... I could probably get used to the ugly stock Windows 10-style ALT-TAB. I found I was much slower than with Windows 7, but I'll probably get faster with time. It would be nice if it took up less of the screen. I really prefer the Windows 7 icon-style but there's no way to get that in Windows 10, apparently.

rewgs 5y ago
I'm over here using Alt+Tab on Windows 10 with my arrow keys. Not sure why it isn't working for you. I thought you were getting to the fact that "show desktop" isn't one of the options in Windows 10 Alt+Tab, which is something I really miss from Windows 7. Literally just now I was wishing it was still around. I know you can Win+D but sometimes you're just cycling through and realize you want to see the desktop.
- EvanAnderson 5y ago
  My complain is aesthetics, like I said. You can get the arrow key functionality but only with the huge not-consistent-aspect-ratio thumbnails. In the "classic" view w/ icons the arrows don't work, whereas they do on Windows 7. In the end I'm just complaining because I don't really like change. When I was a kid and computers / OS's were fun and novel toys it was great to have new UI to play with. Now the computer is a tool and a means to and end and I just want the damned thing to work and look the same way consistently. Computers have really lost their charm and fun for me.