Expos

[jimro]

Anyone who have been in contact with Mac OS X might have noticed a very clever feature

called expos?:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/

I wonder if anyone know of a program for Windows XP that can handle windows in the same way?

[nazgul]

http://www.winplosion.com/

- $10, bought it several months ago, quite happy with it.

[Veiva]

expire, google it

[Xer34]

Interesting. I might throw it on my pc for the hell of it..

[jimro]

thanx nazgul :)

[TheReaperMan]

mm for the lazy ones out there expire website:D

[nazgul]

As for Expire... I've been a beta tester since day one. It certainly has the potential to become an AWESOME little app - but it's nowhere close to there yet.

[ev0|]

winplosion 2. Somewhat quirky (mostly other apps with hidden windows are annoying) and needs improvement, but quite smooth and looks good, plus useful.

[f0vela]

WinPlosion is very useful, I have just discovered this little app and i'm impressed with it's speed.

Really nice. :D

[insanekiwi]

expire/winplosion. but its a useless app imo.

[jimro]

Using WinPLOSION now! it's Great! :D

a feature like this should be standard on all operating systems :yes:

[f0vela]

expire/winplosion. but its a useless app imo.

if you have a bunch of open windows in your desktop, and want to know where is the one you're searching, without time wasting, it's good for you.

this is an option for those who uses many apps and windows at the same time. :D

[insanekiwi]

alt+tab works fine, or winkey+d

[jimro]

alt+tab works fine, or winkey+d

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but its not quite the same, with alt+tab u dont see the actual windows, just icons representing each window.

cmon, admit it, its a cool feature ;)

[eevoo]

I'm with kiwi on this, granted the "cool" factor is way up there, and obviously for allot of people it's very useful

but for myself I don't really need to see the window contents, an icon does just fine. Plus I'm use to linux style

virtual desktop.

[kylejn]

I gotta try this WinPlosion thing when I get home. I've fallen madly in love with Expose at school, and would LOVE to have this feature on a PC.

[Redestium]

http://www.winplosion.com/

- $10, bought it several months ago, quite happy with it.

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WOW, that is really great. I didn't know these clones have progressed to this level of smoothness yet. Must resist impulse buying! :p :p

[AshMan]

I dont like it's shortcut keys as I use WIN+1/2/3/4 for my virtual Desktops. Fortunetly, you can change them :D

[STV]

actually, windows has had this "expose" functionality since what? windows 95?

right click on the task bar and select "tile Windows vertically", "Tile Windows Horizontally", or "cascade WIndows"

STV

[Redestium]

It doesn't seem to work properly after exiting a game, maybe you need to exclude all games in the options?

[ootput]

but its not quite the same, with alt+tab u dont see the actual windows, just icons representing each window.

Check out XP's Powertools : Alt-Tab replacement

[noyb]

actually, windows has had this "expose" functionality since what? windows 95?

right click on the task bar and select "tile Windows vertically", "Tile Windows Horizontally", or "cascade WIndows"

STV

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Its not quite the same thing, expose uses zoom effects to actually resize the windows to fit the screen but unlike Windows you still see the full Window for example if i were to use the tile effect in Windows with a few images i would only be seeing part of the images and following that i would then have to resize all the images again making the arangement worse than it was before.

As i have seen you post this before STV (i think it was you) i really think if you get a chance to use a Mac you should try it for yourself, it really does make a difference, most people shrug it off but its like browser tabs once you use it a few times it becomes an essential tool to managing your workspace.

[rustyPixel]

WinPLOSION rocks...it's not perfect, however. (considering it's not freeware, I figure I can criticize it and feel okay about it :)).

(1) The "windows" don't turn light blue when you hover over them the way they do in Mac indicating which one you're about to select.

(2) When you select the option to show your desktop, the windows don't really "slide" out to the side...instead, it's more like a "WinKey + D" -- all the windows disappear, but there's no cool sliding effect.

Other than that, the program works amazingly well!

[ciaran00]

Switched to this from winplosion

http://www.entbloess.com/

Seems to be faster and allows you to interact with window controls while in expose mode. Also, it updates window contents while in expose mode, too. Cheaper than winplosion...

Window shading blue effect is there... allows you to use alt-tab as a key... etc etc.

ciaran

[Redestium]

Switched to this from winplosion

http://www.entbloess.com/

Seems to be faster and allows you to interact with window controls while in expose mode. Also, it updates window contents while in expose mode, too. Cheaper than winplosion...

Window shading blue effect is there... allows you to use alt-tab as a key... etc etc.

ciaran

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Trying it now, pretty slick. (Y)