![]() We have been using maximize for as long as Windows existed. ![]() ![]() In this blog, I’ll cover some of the ones I find more useful to use. We can pull back the curtains and see what was always available, but never known of. It also gives us a window into the outside. This PowerToy is simply a quick help on some conveniences that Microsoft is already providing to all Windows 10 users. Half the battle is knowing what key combination will make your life easier by changing your day to day interactions with your computer. There are a great many ways to do tasks quicker in Windows. I haven’t explored the 3 new toys yet, so this blog will focus on the PowerToys Shortcut Guide. Window Walker (Text-based alt-tab alternative).Included in the current release (as of this writing v0.16) of PowerToys are 6 available toys: You can download the installer at the same location at GitHub here: Microsoft is looking for contributions to it from developers, along with any feedback there. Full source code is available here on GitHub. Now on version 0.16 (from 0.14), there are more than the original 3 toys included in PowerToys. However, as with everything Microsoft, PowerToys has received some updates. That’s what they’ve always done but now toys are more a part of social value systems than ever before.This blog was originally part 4 of a 4 part series on PowerToys. Toy companies are positioning their products to fit into what parents want now. My sources say the decline is partly from the demise of Toys R Us but also from parents whose attitude towards sustainability is to buy less that has to be thrown away. ![]() For a toy company to grow now, it has to take market share from a competitor and that’s the hardest kind of growth to have. NPD reports that toy sales were down over 4% last year making them one of the three worst consumer product classes to be in. Several modes of innovation development have evolved to replace the important market function that Toys R Us served. The world is getting along fine without the former Toys R Us. Educational toys that teach children about underwater life match multiple trends and as always bath and outdoor water toys are popular. So are craft toys that use water to create designs and then wipe clean or dry and fade are also trending for no-mess, repeat play. Toys that transform themselves by coming into contact with water and revealing a hidden message, color or character are popular. Pasierb says Toys R Us in its time was “the bridge to innovation” for the toy industry and the catalyst for many key trends. The product exploded and eventually it was available everywhere and now it’s a toy industry staple. It was too risky for Walmart and Amazon, but Toys R Us carried it in all stores. Pasierb cites the example of Shopkins, miniature reproductions of branded consumer packaged goods, that came from a small Australian company. I spoke with Steve Pasierb, CEO of the Toy Industry Association, told me at last week’s Toy Fair that one of Toys R Us’ unique characteristics is that management would “take a chance on a small producer” before the biggest toy sellers, Amazon and Walmart, were generally willing to take a chance on small suppliers. But not much has been said about the unique place it filled in the market and who fills that spot now that Toys R Us has been reorganized into a much smaller entity. Courtesy Bonkers ToysĪ lot of ink has been spilled about why Toys R Us went bankrupt. ![]() with no information about what could be inside. The Bonkers Mystery Egg based on Ryan's World asks the purchaser to buy the toy on faith in Ryan and. ![]()
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