If you are still using a single screen for your computer, and we assume most of you still are (cough – Gavin – cough), you know what a pain it can be to run the game full size and do – well, anything else. The whole routine of Alt+Tab is a mess. But recently we ran accross a really slick little free bit of software that can end all of this for you and truly revolutionize the way you operate your computer with WoW running.
Playxpert is a revolutionary program. With its motto, “The death of alt+tabbing,” it seeks to end full-screen alt+tabbing in games by having this nifty little tool as an overlay on top of DirectX (Windows 3D) Applications. When it’s open it places a toolbar that is completely customizable with widgets inside any game you choose!
The core (included with the program) widgets are:
- An Internet Browser, so you can check your email whenever and wherever
- A Tunes player, which plays music in a specific folder, and also from popular players like Winamp
- A System Diagnostics utility, which shows how many resources are being used by your computer at the time the widget is opened. It also has live graphs showing performance.
- And last, but definitley not least, the Friends widget. This one is my favorite. Through this widget, you can talk to friends through MSN, AIM, Yahoo IM, ICQ, and more, all through windows that run in WoW!
Alongside these core widgets is a small but growing library of fan-made widgets with one for the armory, and another for wowhead, that all run in game! There is no reason to ever alt+tab again!
Another bonus of this great program is that its 100% free! The developers will add features such as custom skins that will be an optional paid offer, but the core app and the widgets are free.
Now before I post the link that you’re all eagerly waiting for, I have to discuss one bad thing. This program is Windows XP specific. It doesn’t work with Apple or Linux Operating Systems.
You can still install it in Windows Vista, but the in-game overlay is temporarily disabled as the developers work out the last kinks with the software. The developers have announced that an update is coming along shortly which will enable it.
So, if you really want to have access to information, talk to your friends, see another character’s profile, jam to music, and Dominate your server all at the same time; then go grab what certainly seems to be a slick way to Dominate with Playxpert here.