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Visual Task Tips
Visual Task Tips

Visual Task Tips is a handy Windows shell enhancement that displays a thumbnail snapshot of any Windows that was minimized to the Windows taskbar. Just hover your mouse over a taskbar item and instea ...

Average of 11 user ratings: 4
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  • Jan 23, 2009
  • For version:
  • 3.4

quote  Brings XP one step closer to Vista  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Overall: 5

It took a while to configure properly and to a setting I liked, but it does what it's supposed to, and it does it very well. Brings XP one step closer to mastering Vista's new features.


  • Jan 11, 2009
  • For version:
  • 3.4

quote  Great!!  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

A good and stable program, its window size can be adjusted, though on my old IBM Laptop, transparency slows my machine down, so, when I'm using a lot of CPU-intensive stuff, I make sure I don't use this little baby. Those of you with newer machines shouldn't have any problems--download it NOW!


  • May 26, 2008
  • For version:
  • 3.2

quote  Very nice.  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Works great, and dose what it says... I find it very useful.


  • Apr 18, 2008
  • For version:
  • 3.2

quote  Small windows for my little world  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Simple little windows to see that I have too many things going on at one time. Great for finding the window I want to open without opening each one.


  • Apr 12, 2008
  • For version:
  • 3.2

quote  Simple way to add a vista feature in xp  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

It really is just that a simple application to get this vista feature for your xp. it doesn't even seem to hog much resources.


  • Mar 10, 2008
  • For version:
  • 3.2

quote  Bravo !  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Wow, what a nice little shell program. Easy to install, no demand on memory, and works like a charm. Its FREE, thanks to the developer for this gift.


  • Jan 04, 2008
  • For version:
  • 2.3

quote  As someone else wrote  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Why the h*** hasn't MS included something like this already. Have used tab scope for Firefox for a while and this is equally good. And I just realized it actually updates the thumbnail as you look at it. Now I'm really impressed!


  • May 28, 2006
  • For version:
  • 2.0

quote  Getting better  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Bravo! This little app is getting better. The changes in v 2.0 are very much appreciated. Keep up the good work. Like it has been said before, this should be part of Windows installation. Thanks!


  • Apr 24, 2006
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Neat little utility  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Very nice little utility, handy when you have a lot in the taskbar. Perhaps the program could offer a couple choices of preview size.


  • Apr 14, 2006
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Not very useful.  quote

  • Interface: 1
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 1
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 1

This is a rather odd program. The popup windows showing the contents of open folders work OK, but the popups are far too small to be of practical use. More work is needed here.


  • Apr 13, 2006
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Nice desktop addition  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

This is pretty handy. I hope a future version will support grouped taskbar buttons. :)