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Life & fun · March 6, 2021

Screen Box – Context switching by saving the apps on your screen

Pick up where you left off! When you need to pause your work, Screen Box can remember the apps on your screen so you can easily restore them later!

Screen Box – Context switching by saving the apps on your screen launched on March 6, 2021 with 15 votes, #1,430 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

In plain words

Screen Box is a utility that lets users save and switch between different groups of open applications on their screen. When a user needs to shift between projects or tasks, they can save their current app setup as a "box" and quickly restore it later. The tool is designed for people who work with multiple applications simultaneously and want to reduce the time spent manually opening and closing programs. It simplifies context switching for multitasking workflows.

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