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CNET Editors' review
Applications that divide the desktop into separate windows are nothing new, nor is the habit of keeping multiple windows open simultaneously, especially when surfing the Web. Small, low-resolution screens and a lack of graphics power have kept such tools from catching on. Slickscreen is a new variation on the theme that capitalizes on the increasing use of widescreen monitors and gaming-quality video cards to present a clearer, more useful multiwindow view when you're browsing. It divides your screen into non-overlapping, high-resolution browser windows that let you surf multiple sites simultaneously without obscuring any content.
We installed Slickscreen on a new PC with a midrange video card driving a wide-screen LCD monitor. It opened in a three-pane view with the Slickscreen welcome screen displayed in the larger window and our open Web pages in the other two. Each window has its own address bar, navigation buttons, and control icons, including zoom, drag and drop, and swap controls for manipulating panels. Along the top edge of its interface, Slickscreen sports a series of layout icons that let us quickly toggle between a single pane window and various combinations of two, three, four, and more panes. We clicked the four-pane view and browsed to a new site in the blank window. We could refresh, print, and bookmark pages, open pages in our default browser, and open new tabs within the individual panels from their toolbars. The program's configuration options included sliders to set auto refresh and rotation rates; customizable skin colors; and an Advanced tab that let us disable auto zooming and embed Windows Media Player in Slickscreen when opened locally.
Slickscreen is also available as Slickscreen Professional, with more startup and customization options and more automatic features. We look at it this way: 1) The freeware version is plenty capable; and 2) the Pro version costs about as much as a mediocre club sandwich. If you like Slickscreen, you have a choice that won't go wrong in either case. It's the first program of its kind we've actually liked enough to keep around.
Publisher's Description
From Slickscreen:
Slickscreen is a new and exciting software tool that allows people with high resolution displays to browse the web, or work your browser applications, by leveraging the investment in your graphics card and monitor. iPhones and iPads are great, but where are the "apps" for your high resolution Windows PC? You spent good money on that 42" flat panel monitor, or that 17" gaming laptop, how about some new software that leverages that investment? Slickscreen is designed for web browsing in a high resolution environment. Unlike traditional programs, where content get hidden or clipped, Slickscreen is based on a non-overlapping multi-paneled interface. Because the interface can be resized without hiding the surrounding content, you can work more efficiently. View more, browser better, work smarter. It's that simple. Say goodbye to "Alt+Tab" and losing your focus on hidden tabs and windows. If you are an information junkie, have spent money on large screen or good graphics card, a power web user, or simply want something fresh and new, Slickscreen could be right for you. Features and Benefits: Maximize your screen real estate with Slickscreen's unique non-overlapping interface. Compare and work with web sites side by side with ease. Save multi-panel layouts, Slickscreen's multi-panel bookmarks. Drag and drop links from one panel to another for the ultimate in web productivity. New: Every Slickscreen panel can add 'traditional' web browsing 'tabs'. Leverages Microsoft's Internet Explorer rendering engine for performance, privacy and security. Lightweight - We keep it simple for fast web browsing. Integrates--doesn't try to replace--your default browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer). Panels can auto-refresh and auto-rotate at user defined intervals. A great solution for corporate lobbies, break rooms or operational dashboards (requires a corporate license to use). The free version has one setting disabled (the startup browser for one of the Slickscreen panels).
What's new in this version: Version 1.3.3.3 supports the ability to capture additional Windows programs within its panels and many settings are unlocked for free users.
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All versions:
3.8 starsout of 28 votes
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Current version:
3.5 starsout of 2 votes
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"Where are the reviews?"
Version: Slickscreen 1.3.3.3
Pros
It has some of the features it describes, if not in the way described.
Cons
It's a browser, a poor quality browser. All it's functions can be customized with better programming from any of the major browsers that blow this away..... It is a browser. It lead me to believe it was a desktop enhancement that improved graphics interface for windows based display settings and view functions...
Summary
I think they are tricking us, seriously not what it sounds like it is... Where are all the reviews???!!!
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"Side by side window productivity"
Version: Slickscreen 1.3.3.3
Pros
It's all about having multiple apps or browser windows side by side, so you can work between multiple apps.
For example, I copy and paste between web browsers and powerpoint, this application makes it much faster.Cons
Free version will ask you to upgrade on closing.
Summary
Great tool for people with big screens and that need to work or watch multiple screens at once.
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