Sometimes you may want to hide what is showing on your desktop, for instance if you notice that someone is going to walk by or approach you in office. You probably would not like your boss to find out that you are playing games during work hours, or your wife that you are shopping at [...]
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Ultimate Boss Key / Panic Button Apps Listing
They come under many names, boss key, panic button or anti boss to name a few. Computer users can make use of these applications to quickly switch from their current desktop view to one that is hiding specific windows, applications or everything. That’s helpful for instance while visiting websites during work that are not work [...]
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Dad’s Around, Windows Boss Key App
A boss key application’s purpose is to provide the user with a button or hotkey to instantly hide some or all of the open windows and programs on execution. Primarily designed for work environments, and non-work related tasks, boss keys can also prove to be useful in other multi-user environments. Dad’s Around is a portable [...]
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Don’t Panic Lets You Run And Hide Software Groups
Don’t Panic has been designed as one of those so called “boss applications”. These types of programs allow a computer user to quickly close (or hide) specific software programs so that the boss (supervisor, mother, girlfriend.. you name it) does not see it on the computer screen. Don’t Panic is a highly configurable program in [...]
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Panic Button
A Panic Button or Boss Key is a software program that will hide certain visible elements on the computer screen when it is pressed. The software applications usually hide windows and programs that are running at the moment the panic button is pressed. Dad’s Around is a panic button software that was created as a [...]
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Quickly Hide Windows
Just a quick login into Gmail at work to see if I received any new mails. Oh, no. My Boss is coming. What now. Panic ! If you experienced a situation like that, be it at work, school or even at home you wished for a function to quickly hide any window that should not be open right now.