Informatics is a world that is constantly changing and innovating. Teams that were previously leading-edge now sleep peacefully in museums or storage rooms. The possibilities offered by computers are increasing and our way of working and taking advantage of them must be consistent. Now we can use a computer to carry out tasks simultaneously and, to help us in that work, today we present ScreenGridy .
Multitasking allows you to get more out of your workday, but to achieve acceptable results, it is advisable to be very organized. Having many windows open on the desktop can prevent us from finding what we are looking for and waste precious time. If we work with two monitors, that waste multiplies and can ruin our day. Sorting them by adjusting to a grid is what ScreenGridy proposes.
Improve your productivity with ScreenGridy
There are very small tools that offer much greater results than expected and make our lives easier. ScreenGridy would fall into that category. The Digola company’s computer program is a simple tool that does its job quickly and allows us to be more effective and efficient in our day-to-day lives.
The utility interface is displayed on the desktop with the degree of transparency that we indicate. Thus, we can see the free empty spaces that we can take advantage of. Those that are more overloaded will also come to the fore.
Resizing and rearranging the windows that we have open is a good way to put order on our desktop and see, thus, what tasks we have in progress at all times. What the application proposes is to improve the use of the available space with a minimum cost of resources and, also, free.
Among the Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts we find Alt + Tab that has been with the Richmond operating system since version 2.0. This combination allows us to switch from one program to another and saves us time, but it really has no effect on the desktop. That is why ScreenGridy is an option that provides something more since it allows receiving the same information but with the windows arranged on the desktop.
The only major problem we can find with ScreenGridy is that it does not allow saving desktop settings. Thus, every time we want to reorganize our windows , even with the same programs and in the same session of use, we will have to put everything back in its place. For this reason, the use we make of it on the first day will be the same as we do the day we delete it from our computer. Nothing will differentiate a new user from a regular user.
A secondary problem is that it is not a portable program, but that does not matter much. It occupies a disk space of 3MB and the installation file barely reaches 1MB. Therefore, carrying it on a pen drive or storing it on our virtual hard drive will not be a big problem.
ScreenGridy distributes your windows efficiently
When we start using ScreenGridy, the first thing we have to realize is that a user space will not jump to use but that we will have to go to the system tray to locate the utility.
Seeing the grid in operation is as simple as selecting “show grid” or the command Alt + W
The program allows the customization of the grid through four basic variables. The first is the number of rows and columns that must always be the same number – from 2 × 2 to 40 × 40, with 12 × 12 being the default option. The second is the transparency that the grid will have. We can choose between 0% -the desktop will disappear- and 100% -we will only see the desktop.
The third setting allows you to vary the color of the grille. The program gives us to choose between a series of 48 basic colors or a bank of 16 custom colors that we can define to our liking. To achieve the color we are looking for, we have at our disposal a color editor with the variables “hue”, “saturation”, “lightness”. On the other hand, we can also obtain it by combining the colors “red”, “green” and “blue”.
The last configurable option will allow us to start our computer counting from the first moment with the functions of this computer program. You can check it by pressing Alt + W.
Choose a place for each window
Using ScreenGreedy is as simple as activating it with the Atl + W command; choose the grid in which we want to have the window and click on it. By default, the window will be the height of one row and will occupy several columns depending on the number of grids. If you want to occupy more cells, you just have to move the cursor over the desired area while holding down the mouse button.
Download ScreenGridy
The website of Digola, the Slovenian software developer who created ScreenGridy, is very clear and simple, so you will reach the download button without difficulty.
As we have said before, the file that you will obtain does not reach 1Mb in weight and the installed program will not occupy 3MB on your hard drive either. The installation is clean, without unwanted programs or advertisements, viruses or other inconveniences.
Visit the Digola website to improve the order of your desktop.
Other alternatives to tidy up your desk
SetMate, the improved ScreenGridy option
This option is based on the idea of ScreenGridy but provides new and very useful functions such as the creation of window groups, the possibility of changing from one to another or from one set to another -as Ctrl + Tab does in Windows-. It also includes more customizable options in both color management and the creation of keyboard shortcuts.
The price of the software is $ 19.95 but you have a trial version at your disposal.
WindowGrid, order and portability
FP-WindowManager has two advantages over ScreenGridy: it is portable and the workspace is not invasive (you only see the grid when you drag the windows). The downside is that its use is less intuitive and costs a bit more to handle properly.
If you value portability, this program may be your option. Download it on its official page .
Mosaic, preserving order
The main function of this alternative is that its PRO version saves the created workspaces. You can download a trial version to see if it’s really useful for you before paying the $ 19.99 license fee.
If you decide not to, the basic version, and free for non-commercial use, will also allow you to tidy up your desktop.
Choose one option or another on their website .