Get Thumbnail Previews of Taskbar Apps with Visual Task Tips

The guys at jkOnTheRun just reminded me of one of my all-time favorite utilities: Visual Task Tips. This handy bit of freeware displays a thumbnail of each currently running program in the Windows taskbar when you mouse over it. It may not sound like a big deal, but consider this: Microsoft baked this functionality into Vista. And trust me when I say you'll quickly come to find it indispensable. While you're at it, grab the Firefox counterpart: TabScope, which displays a thumbnail of each open tab when you mouse over it.