When I switched from Snow Leopard to Lion, I was confused by the new window-management features in Mission Control. Are there any alternative application switchers/managers?

There are a few tools available that can supplement the new window-management features of Mission Control in Mac OS X Lion. One of these tools is HyperDock, which is available both in the Mac App Store and online at hyperdock.bahoom.com.

Minimized or hidden windows appear darker in the thumbnail previews.

With HyperDock installed, whenever you hover over an application’s icon in the Dock, all of the windows (hidden or not) will appear in a small pop-up menu. This gives you a visual overview of the opened windows and their contents. Clicking on the small thumbnail preview will open the actual window in the application. Hidden or minimized windows will appear darker than windows that are currently visible.

Another nice feature of HyperDock is the ability to instantly resize your windows just by dragging them to the left, right, or top of your screen. This will cause the windows to “snap” to exactly half of the screen width, while dragging windows to the top will cause the windows to fill the screen.

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