Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 5:00pm
Simple Tool To Increase Your Productivity: ClipX
I was turned on to ClipX by this post by Coding Horror and in less than 24 hours I am completely hooked. I probably shouldn’t write about these things while I’m right in the middle of the high, but so far I see very little reason NOT to recommend ClipX to any Windows user that sees a need for a more powerful clipboard manager.
What is ClipX?
ClipX is a simple, one-trick application that lets you manage your clipboard history. There are a ton of clipboard extenders like ClipX out there for both Windows and Mac users, but many try to do way too much and many even cost money. ClipX, however, is very easy to use and doesn’t cost a dime.
Using ClipX
To use ClipX, simply press Ctrl + Shift + V instead of the usual Ctrl + V. This will bring up a menu of your latest clipboard items, similar to the screenshot below.
Also, your items are saved to disk so they persist even after you shutdown or restart your computer. This feature in itself would have been enough for me to consider ClipX.
So there ya go. If you use your computer and find that you make extensive use of Cut/Copy/Paste (is there anyone who doesn’t?), ClipX makes for a pretty useful and productive tool.
