Shock Aero Editor's Review

If you saw the 'Aero' effect on Microsoft Windows Vista or you like that switching effect from Mackintosh now you can test it on Microsoft Windows XP too. The program is free and easy to install. As for the usability I'm not so sure about it. Each time you want to use this program you have to access it from the system tray and then to scroll between the opened programs. I think it's quicker just to click on that program's taskbar button. It's true that with this program you can see what a certain window contains.

While testing the program, I've discovered that the above mentioned feature is not working perfectly and some of your minimized windows will not be shown opened but only their taskbar button. Another interesting behavior which I don't think it was meant to be like this is the scrolling function. If you scroll forward, the windows previews are transparent but sometimes, if you scroll backwards, the previews will be opaque.

After testing this program I still fail to see its functionality. It might be free but that is not an excuse to not work.

Pluses:

Drawbacks / flaws: It has some functionality issues.

In conclusion: I look forward for the next version hopping it will be as good as it should be in order to make me consider making a donation.

version reviewed: 1.01