Firefox cannot be minimized to the Windows system tray, at least not without add-ons or third party tools that add the functionality to the web browser. One of those add-ons is the newly released TrayHotKey extension which, unlike related extensions, has a few aces up its sleeve. Firefox users who have installed the extension and [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Automatically Minimize Windows After Inactivity
Most computer users work with a basic set of programs most of the time. Some of these programs are active most of the time, web browsers or games for instance, while others, like email clients are mostly inactive and only activated at times. Inactive windows and programs can take up valuable screen space. Most users [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Window Always On Top With Power Menu
Several basic options when working with windows in a Microsoft operating system are missing. There is no way to make a window always on top, no way to minimize a window to the system tray (unless support by the application) and no way to set the transparency level of an open window in Windows. The [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Use Winroll for more space on your desktop
I love tiny free softwares that have been developed by passionate authors. Winroll is one of those applications that is useful and so small in size that it is astonishing how the functionality has been squeezed into the software. The binary has a size of 9 kilobytes. and does the following. Whenever you right-click a title bar of any window it “rolls up” so to speak and only the title bar is visible. Take a look at the screenshots below to get a better impression of how it looks like.