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This seems like WindowBlinds [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindowBlinds] for 2020. Ah, XP with transparency... memories :)
I've been using search for everything since Windows 7. Just have to remember the first 3-5 letters, or a word, and I could open any programs and folders/files. The windows key was my desktop, the actual desktop is blank and black. Windows 10 has a messed up search, it shows useless (for me) stuff first, and never learns to prioritize results based on previous searches/keywords/accessed files. Maybe there's a way to f…
Have you tried Ueli? Has been working great for me: https://ueli.oliverschwendener.ch/
I've been using search for everything since Windows 7. Just have to remember the first 3-5 letters, or a word, and I could open any programs and folders/files. The windows key was my desktop, the actual desktop is blank and black. Windows 10 has a messed up search, it shows useless (for me) stuff first, and never learns to prioritize results based on previous searches/keywords/accessed files. Maybe there's a way to f…
The only additional customization I have is a little utility I wrote in C++ that runs in background and provides hotkeys to launch Chrome, Sublime Text, Total Commander and Cmder via Win+1, Win+2, etc hotkeys.
And to run any other program, it is enough to hit Win key and start typing that programs name.
The project is technically very interesting for Windows 10 customisation, but the name is very similar with another established project in the same technical area of graphics, which may cause some confusion.
Perhaps the naming of this project was derived from Microsoft Cairo that was never released. [0]
While this looks cool, I learned over time that basic Windows shell works just fine for productivity purposes: https://i.imgur.com/HC4evaK.jpg , and this would just add another layer on top which potentially requires maintenance, troubleshooting or debugging. The only additional customization I have is a little utility I wrote in C++ that runs in background and provides hotkeys to launch Chrome, Sublime Text, Total C…
Why not just pin those programs to the taskbar?
I've been using search for everything since Windows 7. Just have to remember the first 3-5 letters, or a word, and I could open any programs and folders/files. The windows key was my desktop, the actual desktop is blank and black. Windows 10 has a messed up search, it shows useless (for me) stuff first, and never learns to prioritize results based on previous searches/keywords/accessed files. Maybe there's a way to f…
Have you tried Ueli? Has been working great for me: https://ueli.oliverschwendener.ch/
