Abstract: A method for application switching in an operating system may be provided. The method may comprise providing at least two active applications on the operating system, and providing a first list of actions related to the first active application, via a first interface, to an application switching manager, and providing a second list of actions related to the second active application, via a second interface, to the application switching manager. Additionally, the method may further comprise selecting an active application out of the at least two active applications together with selecting an action selected from the first list of actions for a first application or a second action for the second list for a second application using a graphical user interface.

Abstract: A method for application switching in an operating system may be provided. The method may comprise providing at least two active applications on the operating system, and providing a first list of actions related to the first active application, via a first interface, to an application switching manager, and providing a second list of actions related to the second active application, via a second interface, to the application switching manager. Additionally, the method may further comprise selecting an active application out of the at least two active applications together with selecting an action selected from the first list of actions for a first application or a second action for the second list for a second application using a graphical user interface.

Abstract: A method for application switching in an operating system may be provided. The method may comprise providing at least two active applications on the operating system, and providing a first list of actions related to the first active application, via a first interface, to an application switching manager, and providing a second list of actions related to the second active application, via a second interface, to the application switching manager. Additionally, the method may further comprise selecting an active application out of the at least two active applications together with selecting an action selected from the first list of actions for a first application or a second action for the second list for a second application using a graphical user interface.

Abstract: A transparency percentage value is associated with each application icon defined for active executable applications using a computing system. At least one application that is active on a desktop screen is collected for each of at least two different visual attribute values collected from a user. The different collected visual attribute values are displayed with a pointing widget. The icons of the applications are displayed using a transparency percentage value of zero percent (0%) for icons corresponding to the visual attribute value currently pointed to and a transparency percentage value of one hundred percent (100%) for any other icon that is not currently pointed to. In response to detecting a change by the user from a current visual attribute value to a different new visual attribute value pointed to by the pointing widget, the transparency percentage values of the application icons are adjusted based upon the new visual attribute value.