Your favorite productivity utility.

[Scorpei]

May it be launchers, Explorer replacements, or even hacks.

My favorite is winroll.
Lets you roll windows up to the title bar by right clicking it. Also lets you set transparency to windows.

Yours?

Xgl (though it doesn't really count as an app I guess, second would be the new KDE but I guess that also doesn't count.....).

 

[Costello]

the middle button of my mouse, I think

also some useful shortcut keys when typing text:
- Ctrl+Left/Right to skip a word
- Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to select a word
- Shift+Up/Down to select a line
- click somewhere in a text, hold Shift, click somewhere else... makes a selection without having to hold the mouse button.
etc...

 

[leetdude_007]

[windows "pirate flag" key] + M

It minimizes everything right away so my mom can't see my studying. Biochemistry.

of course, there's more:

*learning how to type correctly, that speeds things up 'mazingly a lot.

FIREFOX:
*CTRL + L brings you to the url section
*CTRL + K brings you to search
*QuickSearch in firefox, so "wp" is the wikipedia command --> you can even make your own!! (ask me how if you're confused...)
*CTRL + B goes to my bookmarks
*CTRL + F search the website
*CTRL + W close tab/window
*CTRL + pgup/pgdown let's you navigate all of your tabs
*type in your url and hit alt + enter to get a new tab
*backspace takes you back to previous page
*If you have a folder of bookmarks, middle click on it (or look through options with right click) to open all of those pages in tabs
*"close all other tabs" helps clear out unneeded research leads
*google sync. all the way. since I have more than one computer
*google notebook is also great, although I don't use it as much any more
*downthemall! let's you download things in a flash

oh, and one more thing: Yarr, windows key!!

 

[5uck3rpunch]

My titanium U3 flash drive!

 

[phoood]

[windows "pirate flag" key] + M

It minimizes everything right away so my mom can't see my studying. Biochemistry.

of course, there's more:

*learning how to type correctly, that speeds things up 'mazingly a lot.

FIREFOX:
*CTRL + L brings you to the url section
*CTRL + K brings you to search
*QuickSearch in firefox, so "wp" is the wikipedia command --> you can even make your own!! (ask me how if you're confused...)
*CTRL + B goes to my bookmarks
*CTRL + F search the website
*CTRL + W close tab/window
*CTRL + pgup/pgdown let's you navigate all of your tabs
*type in your url and hit alt + enter to get a new tab
*backspace takes you back to previous page
*If you have a folder of bookmarks, middle click on it (or look through options with right click) to open all of those pages in tabs
*"close all other tabs" helps clear out unneeded research leads
*google sync. all the way. since I have more than one computer
*google notebook is also great, although I don't use it as much any more
*downthemall! let's you download things in a flash

oh, and one more thing: Yarr, windows key!!

alt+d all so hignlights the address bar (and it has less space between the keys)
ctrl+e brings you also to the search bar (and it has less space between the keys)
ctrl+tab brings you to the last viewed tab

 

[xalphax]

this one is simple:

bash scripting!!

 

[phoood]

7zip/winrar context menu, without it I would spend forever decompressing stuff.

That does not really count though so the toolbar at the top of my screen, simple but oh so effective.


"Extract to Desktop\cnr_2.5.4 (eng)\"
Also I love "Extract each archive to separate folder"

Firefox pimped with 50+ extensions.

50 is a bit too much for me.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/what-f...ions-220126.php

control and T make a new tab just as easily for me but I revise my intial offering and will go with the second monitor thing as well: it started off as a novelty and only really used for multiplayer VBA and has now reached the stage where I can not really use a machine effecitvely without it (anyone that doubts it try it and see. Going to try and find a couple more and see what four or six (extra two via network cable) monitors is like though.


Quoted for the truth.

QUOTE(Costello @ Feb 15 2007, 08:20 AM)

the middle button of my mouse, I think

also some useful shortcut keys when typing text:
- Ctrl+Left/Right to skip a word
- Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to select a word
- Shift+Up/Down to select a line
- click somewhere in a text, hold Shift, click somewhere else... makes a selection without having to hold the mouse button.
etc...

I never knew these. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Azimuth]

tabs on everything including nautilus, virtual desktops, the terminal and finally beryl's expose assigned to the right top corner of my desktop.

 

[Dirtie]

HashTab for instant access to hash values of any file.

Thanks for that, very useful indeed!

For the command window thing I just use the "Command Window Here" powertoy

One of my favourites is a registry edit that'll put "Open in Notepad" on the right-click menu for any file.

 

[butaro]

os x

 

[Knab]

bblean for a shell replacement and xplorer2 for a file manager replacement.

 

[Magus19]

Firefox and ReNamer.

 

[Dirtie]

ReNamer.

I use an app called Renwiz, very powerful also, just annoying how it adds shell extensions. I would use ReNamer, but Renwiz previews the output filename in realtime as you type

 

[karamu]

OS X is productive enough for me but these little parts of the system help me in a large way:

F9, F10, F11 - Access the different modes of Exposé for switching between programs. Exposé is a god send.
F12 - Access Dashboard

 

[mthrnite]

Exposé is a god send.

Agreed! That tops my list as well.

 

[Kyoji]

OS X is productive enough for me but these little parts of the system help me in a large way:

F9, F10, F11 - Access the different modes of Exposé for switching between programs. Exposé is a god send.
F12 - Access Dashboard

Get SteerMouse and tie a mouse button to F9.
THEN Expose is a godsend! Best idea ever.

 

[bobrules]

I love Opera 9.10