GroupBar is lightweight desktop tool created by the Microsoft VIBE group that offers enhanced window management capabilities in a Windows taskbar-like setting. The basic concept is that through simple drag-and-drop operations on window tiles within the bar, users can create lightweight, transient grouping relationships that allow them to perform certain higher-level window layout functions on multiple windows at once. In addition, windows and groups in the GroupBar can be persisted in a "Snapshot" which attempts to remember the position and contents of each window in a way that allows the Snapshot to be recreated at a later time, even if the windows have been rearranged or closed.
GroupBar requires no installation – just download the executable (GroupBar.exe) and run it. (Put in in your start-up group to run it automatically on start-up.) Note: creating Snapshots with the GroupBar produces .gss files in the same folder as GroupBar.exe, so save it in its own folder if you would like to avoid cluttering up other folders. GroupBar requires no uninstallation either – simply delete GroupBar.exe and any Snapshot (.gss) files it has created, and it is gone.
Project Web Page:
http://research.microsoft.com/vibe/groupbar.aspx
http://research.microsoft.com/vibe/groupbar.aspx
Software Instructions Web Page:
http://research.microsoft.com/vibe/instruct.aspx
http://research.microsoft.com/vibe/instruct.aspx
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