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Life & fun · December 30, 2015

Contexts

Radically faster & simpler window switcher

Contexts launched on December 30, 2015 with 10 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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What it does

Switch between application windows effortlessly — with Fast Search, a better Command-Tab, a Sidebar or even a quick gesture. Free trial available.

Contexts lets you switch to windows with search. Press Control-Space (or whichever keyboard shortcut you prefer) to open the Search window. Type a few characters from an app name or window title to filter the list. Press Return to switch to the selected item. And in Contexts 3 we have taken search to a new level. Our goals were simple but ambitious: You should need as few keystrokes as possible — ideally just two for your frequently used windows; And it should be as deterministic as possible — so you can switch without even looking at the results most of the time. Here is how it works: Fast Search. If you want to go even faster, enable Fast Search, hold down the Fn key (or whichever…from contexts.co

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