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Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by Tempest1981 »

Ayesh wrote: post #10

Compared to Windows Terminal, I started to use Fluent Terminal (also on Microsoft store), and it is amazing! It crashed a few times at first, but it's customizable, has a settings UI, and is just as fast and nicer looking compared to Windows Terminal. X-Mouse button control is another app I absolutely love. It replaced my Logitech Options, and works quite nice, and quietly sits doing just that.

Windows Terminal allows some customization, via the settings Jason file. Colors, watermark image. I think they're working on a GUI for settings. That said, the rate of fixes seems to have slowed.

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Post by cm2187 »

runjake wrote: post #14
jhvkjhk wrote: post #6

I wonder why the author recommend winget but not scoop. Scoop obviously has more community support and that's the most important part of a package manager (more packages, more frequent update, etc).

Winget is the de facto official package manager for Windows. It is or will be included with Windows. I know it’s included in the Insider builds.

But what package list does it have? That’s the primary criteria. A package manager with no package isn’t of much use.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by another_kel »

I'd add UELI[0] — probably the best alfred style launcher. Does almost everything including Everything integration. Also this script[1] for AHK to quckly jump from "Save as" window to folder currently opened in file explorer.

[0] — https://ueli.app/#/ [1] — https://pastebin.com/cmLVFdbB

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Post by pas »

kekebo wrote: post #26
jhvkjhk wrote: post #6

I wonder why the author recommend winget but not scoop. Scoop obviously has more community support and that's the most important part of a package manager (more packages, more frequent update, etc).

Any upsides to scoop compared to chocolatey?

Seems simpler to me. Active community, big directory of buckets and apps.

https://rasa.github.io/scoop-directory/by-apps

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by tailspin2019 »

rkagerer wrote: post #9

What do folks think of the recommended WinMerge and Perforce Visual Merge, over Beyond Compare? I've been using Beyond Compare for years and have yet to see anything I like better. Total Uninstall should also be on this list, to keep your machine clean if you're like me and try out dozens or hundreds of different software titles per year. SysInternals belongs up there with NirSoft. I used Teracopy for a while but fou…

Completely agree on Beyond Compare. This is a fantastic tool. I use both their Windows and Mac versions almost daily. https://www.scootersoftware.com

Also seconding SysInternals - a true secret weapon for Windows ninjas! https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by jmlucjav »

I would mention Total commander and Quick Access Popup as two well known ones, but two gems that I see are undiscovered are:

- TouchCursor https://martin-stone.github.io/touchcursor/ the only one I found that allows you to use Space as modifier key, and works flawlesly (with other ahk scripts handling hotkeys running simultaneously). Praying it does not stop working with some Win10 update, as it is not being worked one, it seems

- https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck for more mouse free operation of any program.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by DrSiemer »

If you often find yourself renaming files I can highly recommend Flash Renamer. It's $20, but it must have saved me thousands of dollars in production time.

Btw, does anybody know of a modern disk usage manager that uses bright, clear individual colors like Space Monger?

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