Okay, Proteron’s Lite Switch X looks interesting with it’s few extra features over Tigers built-in Command-Tab switcher, but is it worth $15 of your hard earned cash? From what I’m seeing, I don’t think so.

Sure, you can change the background color of the switch panel or move it up the screen or down it to be closer to your keyboard but is that worth $15? Yes, it has context sensitive menus for each item in the list with a bit more options than Tigers default option, but do I really care to get more info on that app from my switcher?

Dan Frakes of Macworld is giddy over the fact that he can now use it on his Intel-based Mac due to the newly released Universal Binary, but Dan, why? I read your list and I did catch my self say audibly once or twice, “That’s cool,” but I was also quick to complete my sentence with, “But still not worth $15.”

Is displaying background applications really that important to you? I thought the idea of the task switcher is to minimize lengthy resume times. Shesh, with all those applications filling up the list, it’s hard to even tell what icon is what since they’re so small!

I guess the “re-open” feature is cool, too, but again, $15?

Look, I’m the first to admit I have some stuff running on my Mac that is probably over priced that I love dearly so I’ll cut Dan some slack, but IMOHO, Tigers switcher is just fine by me. How ’bout you?

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