Niceify your Windows with Pitaschio

Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Productivity

Niceify your Windows with Pitaschio

by Grant Robertson May 21st 2007

Pitaschio adds a few very basic window manipulation features to Microsoft Windows which probably should have been included in the first place. Essentially, Pitaschio tries to make Windows a slightly better neighborhood in which to live.

With features which allow you to minimize regular windows to the system tray, keep windows from opening with any part outside the desktop area, window transparency adjustment using the scroll wheel and a whole list more, Pitaschio goes a pretty long way towards enhancing the rather bland set of features available for window management in the world's most common OS.

If you're unhappy with the weak feature set in Windows, Pitaschio could help close the gap.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Greg2k said 4:16PM on 5-21-2007

Yeah, we get it, you DON'T LIKE WINDOWS.

Grant Robertson said 5:09PM on 5-21-2007

That's a little harsh to say, although you're right, I'm not a big fan of Windows. I do however use Windows every day, as the primary OS on the two computers I spend the vast majority of my work and playtime on so, it's not like I speak from a place of inexperience.

Master Jedi Dan said 5:33PM on 5-21-2007

@ greg2k

What the heck, he's making known a Windows app that will help you do some simple UI stuff.

Beside the point of the post, Windows does suck like hell.

Jeff said 10:00PM on 5-21-2007

Yeah, it sucks that I can get it to do everything that I want and need. Don't you just hate that?

Anyway, this program is pretty nifty.

Glenn said 10:11AM on 5-22-2007

My only problem with this program is that once you don't show the systray icon anymore you can't change the options, not even from the taskbar properties or by unistalling/reinstalling. Don't show the systray icon at your own peril.

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