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OnTopReplica Helps You Pin Parts of Windows Up

- By - Source : Tom's Guide US

It's always nice to have something on top.

With multitasking the standard of personal computing, screen real estate has become a precious commodity. Other than our browser, office apps, IM clients, media player, and who-else-knows-what, even 30" displays are hard-pressed to present everything in one go.

But we all know that it's only certain things that demand our full-time attention, and this is where OnTopReplica comes in. The nifty app lets select a specific region of a window, to be displayed as a thumbnail on top of your other programs.

Unfortunately, this is window-specific. Say you're using Firefox and you used OnTopReplica to block out a particular area where an online video is playing. Switching tabs on your browser will cause the thumbnail to show what's on the current tab. OnTopReplica is also a Windows-only utility, which requires Aero to work.

Despite this, OnTopReplica is worth a look. At the very least, it's free! Check it out and let us know

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rsklingensmith 07/09/2010 7:42 PM
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ksampanna 07/09/2010 8:08 PM
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Will give it a try

thedreadfather 07/09/2010 9:24 PM
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rsklingensmith :
I can go to tucows for all the crappy freeware i need, I come to Tom's for actual news, stop wasting your time and the readers with these constant garbage "New freeware pos" stories.


Then don't click on the stories/read them that have to do with freeware. :O

Simple11 07/09/2010 9:59 PM
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He's just trolling, just like most of comments on here. Though his is most apparent. Anyhow, I don't see this being applicable for me just yet, but its good to have knowledge of for future use :D

sliem 07/09/2010 10:58 PM
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Too bad it doesn't work on XP.

beachbod 07/12/2010 5:27 AM
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XP RIP :(