Tiles: Difference between revisions

From Stardock Software - Official Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:


{{MainLightTemplate
{{MainLightTemplate
| welcome = [[File:Tiles_header.jpg|link=|<span title="Stardock Tiles Wiki"></span>]]
| welcome = [[File:Tiles header.jpg|link=|<span title="Stardock Tiles Wiki"></span>]]
| about_title = About Tiles
| about_title = About Tiles
| about_content =  
| about_content =  


Create multiple desktops of related programs, files and links.
Create multiple desktops of related programs, files and links.
[[File:Tiles_pages.png|350px]]


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Key Features </h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Key Features </h2>
Line 14: Line 12:
*'''Swiftly move''' from one application to the next
*'''Swiftly move''' from one application to the next
*'''Quickly view and manage''' running applications
*'''Quickly view and manage''' running applications
*'''Full integration''' with Groupy and Curtains


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Interact</h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Features</h2>
===Increase Your Productivity===
===Organize===
Swiftly move from one application to the next, clicking through your list of tiles. Switch between pages at a touch of a button or a swipe of your mouse.
====Streamline your workflow====
 
Move from one application to the next quickly and easily by clicking through your lists of tiles. Switch between pages with a tap of your finger (on touchscreen devices) or a swipe of your mouse.
Tiles helps users to organize their desktop by task, even allowing subpages to show up as mini-Tiles.


===Sharp Design===
You can have multiple pages of tiles and label them any way you want, allowing you to organize your tasks in an efficient and visually appealing way.
Tiles makes working on a multi-touch display seamless with its effortless naviagation and ability to switch between pages.


===Configure Tiles===
====Increase your Productivity====
Easily adjust Tiles from within the bar. Choose your design, edge alignment, bar size and more. Tiles even comes equipped with an autohide feature to make the most of your desktop space.
Organize your desktop by task by creating custom pages of Tiles for everything you're doing. Subpages show up as mini-Tiles, making it easy for you to categorize your tasks - and, if you're a Groupy user, your groups will show up in your Tiles, too!


[[File:Tiles2_feature1.png|350px]]


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Manage</h2>
===Pages===
Maximize your Tiles experience with built-in pages for different classes of windows - including recent applications.


Customize the Tiles bar - create your own pages to fit your needs.
===Customize===
====Manage your Pages====
Create custom pages to suit your computing style. Drag programs onto your sidebar by holding the shift key and creating a thumbnail of the application. Adjust the location of your Tiles bar to an area on the desktop that works best for you, create pinned icons for long-term shortcuts, and customize filters for the pages that sort out recent applications, minimized/maximized apps only, and much more.


===Create Shortcuts===
Did you know you can eliminate the need for a taskbar by including system tray icons in your Tiles pages? Give it a try!
Add shortcuts to a Tiles page with ease - simply drag your application onto the bar. Create pinned icons for long-term shortcuts. Choose to include system tray icons and eliminate the need for a task bar.


====Configure your Tiles====
Make Tiles work for you by adjusting the location of your bars. Choose which applications will show on each page, including adjusting filters for showing only minimized or maximized windows. Need some more desktop space? Utilize the auto-hide feature to hide your Tiles pages and clear up some room.


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin-top:0.875em"> Stylize</h2>
[[File:Tiles2_feature2-2x.png|350px]]
===Skinnable===
Your style is unique and likely to change, so we have built in the ability to change the look of the Tiles bar. Included are four professionally designed skins to get you started.


Customize included skins by adding a photo as the background - or create your own look using the provided skin builder tool.
===Stylize===
====Skin your Tiles====
Change the look and feel of your Tiles bar with the huge amount of options available. You can customize the color, adjust the transparency, add a custom background from an existing image, and much more. Choose from professionally pre-designed skins as is, or tweak them to make Tiles look just the way you like it.


[[File:Tiles_stylize.png|350px]]
If you're a Curtains user, you can trust that Tiles won't hurt your desktop's look - it's fully integrated and has full support for Windows Light and Dark mode.


===Preview Options===
====Stylize your Preview Options====
Spice up your previews - add color tints and icons, animate swipes, blur backgrounds and show captions.
Spice up your previews! Add color tints and icons, animate swipes, blur backgrounds, and show captions.


[[File:Tiles2_feature3-2x.png|350px]]




| sections_title = Featured Trailer
| sections_title = Featured Trailer
| sections_content =
| sections_content =
<span style="margin-left:-0.4em;">[[File:Tiles_thumbnail.jpg|319px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKd7msn05LA]]</span>
<span style="margin-left:-0.4em;">[[File:Tiles2_thumb.jpg|319px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpflh_dFDk]]</span>
| articles_title = Important Pages
| articles_title = Important Pages
| articles_content =
| articles_content =
Line 67: Line 66:


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Tiles Blogs</h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Tiles Blogs</h2>
*[[Check out what's new with Tiles|Check out what's new with Tiles]]
*[[Using Stardock Tiles|Using Stardock Tiles]]
*[[Using Stardock Tiles: Pages|Using Stardock Tiles: Pages]]


<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Official Pages </h2>
<h2 style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin-top:0.875em"> Official Pages </h2>

Latest revision as of 19:29, 25 March 2021

Featured Trailer

Important Pages

About Tiles

Create multiple desktops of related programs, files and links.

Key Features

  • Quickly switch between active and inactive tasks
  • Create custom pages to suit your computing style
  • Swiftly move from one application to the next
  • Quickly view and manage running applications
  • Full integration with Groupy and Curtains

Features

Organize

Streamline your workflow

Move from one application to the next quickly and easily by clicking through your lists of tiles. Switch between pages with a tap of your finger (on touchscreen devices) or a swipe of your mouse.

You can have multiple pages of tiles and label them any way you want, allowing you to organize your tasks in an efficient and visually appealing way.

Increase your Productivity

Organize your desktop by task by creating custom pages of Tiles for everything you're doing. Subpages show up as mini-Tiles, making it easy for you to categorize your tasks - and, if you're a Groupy user, your groups will show up in your Tiles, too!


Customize

Manage your Pages

Create custom pages to suit your computing style. Drag programs onto your sidebar by holding the shift key and creating a thumbnail of the application. Adjust the location of your Tiles bar to an area on the desktop that works best for you, create pinned icons for long-term shortcuts, and customize filters for the pages that sort out recent applications, minimized/maximized apps only, and much more.

Did you know you can eliminate the need for a taskbar by including system tray icons in your Tiles pages? Give it a try!

Configure your Tiles

Make Tiles work for you by adjusting the location of your bars. Choose which applications will show on each page, including adjusting filters for showing only minimized or maximized windows. Need some more desktop space? Utilize the auto-hide feature to hide your Tiles pages and clear up some room.

Stylize

Skin your Tiles

Change the look and feel of your Tiles bar with the huge amount of options available. You can customize the color, adjust the transparency, add a custom background from an existing image, and much more. Choose from professionally pre-designed skins as is, or tweak them to make Tiles look just the way you like it.

If you're a Curtains user, you can trust that Tiles won't hurt your desktop's look - it's fully integrated and has full support for Windows Light and Dark mode.

Stylize your Preview Options

Spice up your previews! Add color tints and icons, animate swipes, blur backgrounds, and show captions.