Remember 2 months ago I wrote how nice if Microsoft implemented “tabs” in Windows Explorer? What if I tell you that there’s a way to add tab support to almost any running window? For example, lets say you have 3 windows explorer, 1 internet explorer, 1 windows live messenger, 1 uTorrent, 1 Limewire, 1 WinAMP all running together at the same time… I am sure your taskbar will be messy and filled up! It’ll be a lot neater if you can put selected running programs or even all of them in a tabbed program.
WinTabber is tabmanager that can add tab support to almost any window under windows 2000/XP. Working with tabbed windows works faster and efficiently.
This software is free and is too easy to use. On WinTabber main menu, click on the load new tab button to select the running task you want to put in WinTabber. To release the running task from WinTabber, you can either release all tabs from WinTabber main menu or go to Active Tab menu and click release. WinTabber is still in beta and it still has a long list of wishlist to make this tool better.
The shortcut keys for WinTabber:
Ctrl + Tab: Go to next tab
Shift + Tab: Go back to previous tab
Ctrl + 1..9: Activate numbered tab
Mouse Right Click: On active tab to show the window menu
Note: I think it’s better not to add Firefox browser to WinTabber because there’s a conflict in the Ctrl+Tab shortcut key. Firefox uses Ctrl+Tab to cycle between tabs and WinTabber also the same. So if you’re on Firefox browser and you press Ctrl+Tab, it commands WinTabber to cycle to the next tab instead of Firefox. Hopefully in future version of WinTabber will support custom shortcut key to fix this problem.
Enjoy a neater and cleaner taskbar after using WinTabber!