Isolator: Think Again

We recently mentioned Freeverse's Think, a little utility for helping you concentrate on one task by hiding away all the other windows besides the foreground application. Apparently somebody else liked the basic idea, but didn't quite like Freeverse's somewhat involved execution and so has whipped up a similar but more stream-lined utility called Isolator. Isolator sits in your menubar and, like Think, will isolate the windows of the foreground application by hiding all the others and bringing up a solid color shade over the desktop (though you can adjust the transparency of the shade and even set it so you can sill access the desktop icons). You can also set a hotkey to turn Isolator on and off (F8 by default). I like the idea of a menubar utility of this sort, but if there's anything I don't like about Isolator, it's that when you turn it off the applications it hid are still hidden.
Isolator is a free download, but the developer is requesting donations.
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Well, that had line breaks in it before I posted. Point I was trying to make was that aside from it being a run-on, it was grammatically fine.
February 26 2007 at 11:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat last one was grammatically acceptable, aside from it being a run-on.
"I like the idea of a menubar utility of this sort, but if there's anything I don't like about Isolator, it's that when you turn it off the applications it hid are still hidden."
I like the idea of a menubar utility of this sort.If there's anything I don't like about Isolator,it's that when you turn it off,the applications it hidare still hidden.
See?
I use Spirited Away - same basic idea - and combine it with Backdrop to completely hide the chaos that is my desktop...
February 26 2007 at 10:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"We recently mentioned Freeverse's Think, a little utility for helping you concentrate on one task by hiding away all the other windows besides the foreground application."
"Isolator sits in your menubar and, like Think, will isolate the windows of the foreground application by hiding all the others, and bringing up a solid color shade over the desktop (though you can adjust the transparency of the shade and even set it so you can sill access the desktop icons)."
"I like the idea of a menubar utility of this sort, but if there's anything I don't like about Isolator, it's that when you turn it off the applications it hid are still hidden."
PLEASE SPELLCHECK AND PROOFREAD!!!!!!!!!!
Please please please.
Please. Grammar mistakes hinder regular reading pace and flow, making it difficult to understand and forces the reader to stop and get confused. Reading posts like this is akin to nausea from a rollercoaster ride.
There's also [b]Doodim[/b] that works with a menu item -- but it was last updated Dec 2002, which means no Intel version, but the concept was there already for years.
February 26 2007 at 9:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHave you seen Desktopple? (http://foggynoggin.com) It hides the Desktop, cleans unused windows, dims the menu bar, and tons more. I use it all day, every day.
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