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  What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-19 17:58 -0400
    Re: What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? Mickey Mouse 2nd <mickey.mouse.2nd@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-19 22:56 +0000
      Re: What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-19 19:12 -0400
    Re: What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-19 19:09 -0400
      Re: What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-20 05:49 -0400
        Re: What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-20 12:38 -0400
          Re: What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-21 14:50 +0000

#18515 — What does the Alt-Tab display look like in win11?

In Win10 my alt-tab display is an array of large** thumbnails, with easy
to read title text and an easy to see icon in the top row of each
thumbnail, on a big black rectangle for background. 

**(As many as 3 rows with as many as 5 thumbnails in a row, big enough
to fill almost the whole screen.) 

In Win11, it's much harder to see.   The icons are smaller, the text is
smaller, and the background is white instead of black, somewhat
translucent with the colors of the page showing through.   Is this what
it normally looks like in win11? 

If not, does it look more like the win10 version I described?   

If so, I'll continue trying to figure out how I messed it up.  

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#18516

On 19/04/2025 22:58, micky wrote:
> In Win10 my alt-tab display is an array of large** thumbnails, with easy
> to read title text and an easy to see icon in the top row of each
> thumbnail, on a big black rectangle for background.
> 
> **(As many as 3 rows with as many as 5 thumbnails in a row, big enough
> to fill almost the whole screen.)
> 
> In Win11, it's much harder to see.   The icons are smaller, the text is
> smaller, and the background is white instead of black, somewhat
> translucent with the colors of the page showing through.   Is this what
> it normally looks like in win11?
> 
> If not, does it look more like the win10 version I described?
> 
> If so, I'll continue trying to figure out how I messed it up.


what the fuck are you talking about? Your post makes no sense at all.

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#18518

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:56:28 +0000, Mickey
Mouse 2nd <mickey.mouse.2nd@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On 19/04/2025 22:58, micky wrote:
>> In Win10 my alt-tab display is an array of large** thumbnails, with easy
>> to read title text and an easy to see icon in the top row of each
>> thumbnail, on a big black rectangle for background.
>> 
>> **(As many as 3 rows with as many as 5 thumbnails in a row, big enough
>> to fill almost the whole screen.)
>> 
>> In Win11, it's much harder to see.   The icons are smaller, the text is
>> smaller, and the background is white instead of black, somewhat
>> translucent with the colors of the page showing through.   Is this what
>> it normally looks like in win11?
>> 
>> If not, does it look more like the win10 version I described?
>> 
>> If so, I'll continue trying to figure out how I messed it up.
>
>
>what the fuck are you talking about? Your post makes no sense at all.
>
Have you taken the Stanford Binet reading comprehension test? if you
did, the results might let your guidance counselor better plan your
junior and senior high course schedule.  

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#18517

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:58:48 -0400, micky
<NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

>In Win10 my alt-tab display is an array of large** thumbnails, with easy
>to read title text and an easy to see icon in the top row of each
>thumbnail, on a big black rectangle for background. 
>
>**(As many as 3 rows with as many as 5 thumbnails in a row, big enough
>to fill almost the whole screen.) 
>
>In Win11, it's much harder to see.   The icons are smaller, the text is
>smaller, and the background is white instead of black, somewhat
>translucent with the colors of the page showing through.   Is this what
>it normally looks like in win11? 

Here are images of what it now looks like: 
https://www.google.com/imgres?q=alt-tab%20win11&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2FDefault-Alt-tab-in-Windows-11.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fenable-classic-alttab-dialog-in-windows-11%2F&docid=L2funGXqCeSs9M&tbnid=1QoHuiHzLpjc2M&vet=12ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECBwQAA..i&w=850&h=478&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECBwQA
and 
https://www.google.com/imgres?q=alt-tab%20win11&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2FWindows-11-shows-Edge-Tabs-in-Alt-Tab-by-default.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fhow-to-disable-microsoft-edge-tabs-in-alttab-on-windows-11%2F&docid=WDEmHoU1mq5gtM&tbnid=6gsEtK7sig7LXM&vet=12ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECHQQAA..i&w=850&h=446&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECHQQAA
  In the second case you can ignore the writing in red.  It's about MS
Edge and I rarely use MS Edge.  I only post this link so you can see
what the whole page looks like. 

Do your alt-tab pages look like the two links above? 

Or do they a) have bigger icons maybe, or b) a solid black background? 

In other words, does it look more like the win10 version I described?   

If so, I'll continue trying to figure out how I messed it up.  

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#18523

On Sat, 4/19/2025 7:09 PM, micky wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:58:48 -0400, micky
> <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> 
>> In Win10 my alt-tab display is an array of large** thumbnails, with easy
>> to read title text and an easy to see icon in the top row of each
>> thumbnail, on a big black rectangle for background. 
>>
>> **(As many as 3 rows with as many as 5 thumbnails in a row, big enough
>> to fill almost the whole screen.) 
>>
>> In Win11, it's much harder to see.   The icons are smaller, the text is
>> smaller, and the background is white instead of black, somewhat
>> translucent with the colors of the page showing through.   Is this what
>> it normally looks like in win11? 
> 
> Here are images of what it now looks like: 
> https://www.google.com/imgres?q=alt-tab%20win11&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2FDefault-Alt-tab-in-Windows-11.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fenable-classic-alttab-dialog-in-windows-11%2F&docid=L2funGXqCeSs9M&tbnid=1QoHuiHzLpjc2M&vet=12ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECBwQAA..i&w=850&h=478&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECBwQA
> and 
> https://www.google.com/imgres?q=alt-tab%20win11&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2FWindows-11-shows-Edge-Tabs-in-Alt-Tab-by-default.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fhow-to-disable-microsoft-edge-tabs-in-alttab-on-windows-11%2F&docid=WDEmHoU1mq5gtM&tbnid=6gsEtK7sig7LXM&vet=12ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECHQQAA..i&w=850&h=446&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECHQQAA
>   In the second case you can ignore the writing in red.  It's about MS
> Edge and I rarely use MS Edge.  I only post this link so you can see
> what the whole page looks like. 
> 
> Do your alt-tab pages look like the two links above? 
> 
> Or do they a) have bigger icons maybe, or b) a solid black background? 
> 
> In other words, does it look more like the win10 version I described?   
> 
> If so, I'll continue trying to figure out how I messed it up.  
> 

I had something that looked different on the other machine.
Why are the machines on this side of the room, so consistent ?

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/PJS4BYw8/W11-W10-alt-tab.gif

I am unlikely to have changed an alt-tab setting.

OK, another possibility, is the appearance is also a function
of screen size. The machine across the way has a 1920x1080 LCD.
I took two more pictures there, and they're the same
as the above picture.

    Paul

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#18531

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 20 Apr 2025 05:49:09 -0400, Paul
<nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On Sat, 4/19/2025 7:09 PM, micky wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:58:48 -0400, micky
>> <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> In Win10 my alt-tab display is an array of large** thumbnails, with easy
>>> to read title text and an easy to see icon in the top row of each
>>> thumbnail, on a big black rectangle for background. 
>>>
>>> **(As many as 3 rows with as many as 5 thumbnails in a row, big enough
>>> to fill almost the whole screen.) 
>>>
>>> In Win11, it's much harder to see.   The icons are smaller, the text is
>>> smaller, and the background is white instead of black, somewhat
>>> translucent with the colors of the page showing through.   Is this what
>>> it normally looks like in win11? 
>> 
>> Here are images of what it now looks like: 
>> https://www.google.com/imgres?q=alt-tab%20win11&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2FDefault-Alt-tab-in-Windows-11.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fenable-classic-alttab-dialog-in-windows-11%2F&docid=L2funGXqCeSs9M&tbnid=1QoHuiHzLpjc2M&vet=12ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECBwQAA..i&w=850&h=478&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECBwQA
>> and 
>> https://www.google.com/imgres?q=alt-tab%20win11&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2FWindows-11-shows-Edge-Tabs-in-Alt-Tab-by-default.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fhow-to-disable-microsoft-edge-tabs-in-alttab-on-windows-11%2F&docid=WDEmHoU1mq5gtM&tbnid=6gsEtK7sig7LXM&vet=12ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECHQQAA..i&w=850&h=446&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjepbDjmeWMAxW6v4kEHV8GOfMQM3oECHQQAA
>>   In the second case you can ignore the writing in red.  It's about MS
>> Edge and I rarely use MS Edge.  I only post this link so you can see
>> what the whole page looks like. 
>> 
>> Do your alt-tab pages look like the two links above? 
>> 
>> Or do they a) have bigger icons maybe, or b) a solid black background? 
>> 
>> In other words, does it look more like the win10 version I described?   
>> 
>> If so, I'll continue trying to figure out how I messed it up.  
>> 
>
>I had something that looked different on the other machine.
>Why are the machines on this side of the room, so consistent ?
>
>   [Picture]
>
>    https://i.postimg.cc/PJS4BYw8/W11-W10-alt-tab.gif

The third one has a black background.  That would be better than the
translucent white background I get. 
>
>I am unlikely to have changed an alt-tab setting.
>
>OK, another possibility, is the appearance is also a function
>of screen size. The machine across the way has a 1920x1080 LCD.

the new laptop has the same size screen that they old one does. I
haven't compared pixel density numbers yet, but visually that seems the
same.

>I took two more pictures there, and they're the same
>as the above picture.
>
>    Paul

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#18560

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
[...]

> The third one has a black background.  That would be better than the
> translucent white background I get. 

[N.B. The third one is Windows *10*, not 11.]

  What is the colour of your normal Desktop background, i.e. when you
have *not* pressed alt+tab?

  My Desktop is mostly black, with a slight-grey image in the middle,

  Where I press alt+tab, the background of the 'thumbnail'-popup is
transparent grey, where the grey-tone is darker where there are no
objects (icons and active windows) on the Desktop and lighter where
there are objects on the Desktop.

  So my guess is you have a light or white Desktop background. OTOH, I
don't see any really light or white Desktop background in the Settings
(other than fiddling with RGB settings).

  FYI, I can only get results like Paul's Windows 11 ones, not like his
Windows 10 one.

[...]

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