Even though Microsoft has been causing a lot of headaches lately with feature changes, bugs, and some other unnecessary nonsense, it looks like it will hit some subtle home runs based on recent Windows 10 Insider Preview Build. It offers some cosmetic changes, such as Start-themed tiles that will change the color of the Start tiles based on the main color you selected in the Customize and The taskbar will also start a little cleaner, it will only show you the most relevant icons based on whether you don’t have a paired Android phone or Xbox account. But the feature that I’m most excited about is the ability of Alt + Tab through the Edge browser tabs as if they were separate windows.
I don’t even use Edge at the moment. METERand life is tied up in Google Chrome. Still This is Edge’s most compelling feature for actually makes me want to switch, assuming it’s finally implemented for regular Windows 10 users. I’m sure it seems such a small and weird thing to switch browsers, but I’ve been relying on Alt + Tab much more since I dropped from two monitors to one. I love all the extra desktop space, but not being able to quickly scan from one window to the next on another monitor feels much, much slower. I haven’t fully adjusted yet.
Opening multiple windows to Alt + Tab through has been my solution so far. ANDit is defeat the full point of the browser tabs and Ctrl + Tab first. I know bthe Rower tabs were designed to eliminate all the clutter of windows on your Taskbar and you should just Ctrl + Tab. But for all the flaws in Windows 10, beauty is how adaptable it generally is to the average user.
How to deal with the taskbar. There are multiple ways of doing things. ANDYou can make shortcuts on the desktop and completely ignore the taskbar. Or you can leave your desktop without icons and put all the shortcuts on the Taskbar and never touch the Start menu. Or you can exit the taskbar for your most used programs and use the launch bar to scroll through the ones you use once a month. We all have different ways of doing things, and this new Edge feature is made in the same spirit.
I like to have a thumbnail view of all my open windows. For some reason, it helps my brain remember what was on the page faster, and Alt + Tab is closer to emulating a dual monitor experience than Ctrl + Tab (no, I’ve never liked the way Windows does a whole snap window to one side of the screen). Also, it seems like I can scroll through windows faster than I can scroll through browser tabs.
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PlusHave you ever tried to scroll back through the browser tabs?? How do you twist your fingers to press Ctrl + Shift + Tab at the same time with one hand? Do you have to remove your right hand from the mouse to press the tab? By treating Edge browser tabs as separate windows so we can Alt + Tab through them, that makes it much easier to go back through them with one hand.
It is a very small, small, small thing, but it should be a standard thing with all browsers. Edge, you have my attention.
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