Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware
Swept Away - Lifehacker Code
by Jason Clarke Apr 27th 2007 at 9:00AM
Lifehacker has been on a bit of a tear lately, releasing their very own utilities as downloads, like the Better Gmail Firefox extension. This latest one is a Windows-only utility called Swept Away, which will automatically minimize running applications that are not in focus based on a timer. The application is very reminiscent of Spirited Away for the Mac, (warning, link is not English, but the download link is easy to find on the right-hand side of the page) which is a very popular utility to hide running windows that are not actively being used.
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Nosh said 2:42PM on 4-27-2007
I think Lifehacker is truly a unique site! I mean, who else gets their kind of publicity especially when you consider the utterly worthless crap they come out with. Most of their posts are unoriginal - they rip off the original source on most occasions by summarizing the essence of the post and minimizing the chances of anyone clicking the linkback.
The smartest thing the bunch of duds has done is disabling comments from everyone except a few ass-kissers! Guess they wouldn't be able to handle the heat. BLOGS FOR DUMMIES!
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