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Can OSX do this? (Windows can)

OSX can tile Windows; you just have to implement it yourself using Applescript.
Place the script in the library scripts folder; it will be available under the menubar scripts icon for quick execution.
 
Sesshi said:
I haven't bothered to read the last few posts but I think this is just one of those cases when you've got to adapt to the Apple way of doing things.
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Funny you should say that...

boxlight said:
You know, I have to say this "love it or leave it" attitude from some Mac users is a real turn off.

Mac is supposed to be the friendly welcoming computing environment, and as soon as a user makes a perfectly reasonable feature request you effectively tell him to get the hell out.

Not good!
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I only thought it was funny because it isn't very many posts back.
 
Ah. Well, boxlight is right in the nature of many discussions here but at the same time, if you're switching from one OS to another you've got to be prepared to unlearn as well as learn some stuff.
 
kangaroo said:
In Windows you can have the system automatically tile your windows either horizontally or vertically. If for example you wanted to have two browser windows tiled side by side, Windows will maximize each window within your screen. The only way I can see doing this in OSX is to manually size each window. Is there something I'm missing or a workaround?

Also, it would seem that unless you change the from the optimal native resolution you can't change the size of OSXs title bar text, buttons, etc. Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks.
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When I first saw this, I thought how do I do this. Then I found how... Now I ask myself why? Thats just fugly and I cannot see a real use for it. Maybe if I had a 24" screen and needed to do copy/pastes but hey... Alt-Tab is your friend.
 
Sesshi said:
Ah. Well, boxlight is right in the nature of many discussions here but at the same time, if you're switching from one OS to another you've got to be prepared to unlearn as well as learn some stuff.
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I agree... it may be a "turnoff," but if you want to understand why other people like Macs or like OS X, you have to suspend your disbelief and try using it the way it was intended. It's not like Linux where user interface standards are amorphous and there is an emphasis on unity in the way the core works but not the way the touch and feel works. User interface was considered very carefully in the development of Apple's products, and it's a core aspect of what they bring to the market.

If you went to a digital photography forum because you had just bought D70 or something of the like...and you went there and insisted that you learn how to do things exactly like you did them on your point-and-shoot FunPix... the people there would be remiss to help you use your SLR like it was a P&S. Because the design philosophy is different -- you can take nice pictures with both, but they do not work the same.

The same is true here. And people are trying to tell the OP that... first nicely and then bluntly. We can lie about it, but it's still true. And understand that I switched from Windows to OS X only three years ago, and went through the same frustrations.
 
0010101 said:
It's the age old argument about the $10 hooker vs the $300 hooker. Both pretty much serve the same purpose, but the cheap one will likely cost you more in the end.
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great!

It shouldn't be much of a problem for apple to implement it.

e.g. press F8 and have a fully functional Exposé. That means you can work within the different windows.
 
Tymmz said:
It shouldn't be much of a problem for apple to implement it.
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Apple has already "implemented" it. What Apple has done (by default) in contrast to Windows is to allow developers to implement that feature from within their own software (where features such as tile windows may be useful - see Photoshop Elements) instead of forcing it systemwide, where it may not be very useful, or, as in the comparison with expose, the best solution for common window management needs.
 
I am surprised this thread has ran so long. I think most of what needed to be said was accomplished very early on. The author wanted a one-button solution to something he does in windows. Well, OSX does not do it exactly the same way, however it is easily accomplished.

I think the subject header is potentially confrontational. I am not sure that was the intent. But, I can see some people getting the impression it is one of those, "Mine is bigger than yours is" type of affairs. It would have been accepted better if it was titled, "How do I do this in OSX?". I think that changes the tone completely, and would generate suggestions (which did happen anyway), rather than a mild skirmish.

Personally, I almost never use Tile in windows. I find I make so many sizing adjustments, it is just easier to open another window. Since I can do this just as easy in OSX, I did not even notice it was unavailable.

I do believe users should be able to customize their world as they see fit. But, it is a close call. Sometimes they need to be saved from themselves. I used to get help desk calls where a user could not run the program. When I viewed their screen, it looked like a ransom note. They could not see command buttons because they were adjusted to be inaccessible.
 
SMM said:
I do believe users should be able to customize their world as they see fit. But, it is a close call. Sometimes they need to be saved from themselves. I used to get help desk calls where a user could not run the program. When I viewed their screen, it looked like a ransom note. They could not see command buttons because they were adjusted to be inaccessible.
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I'm curious as to how that happened? Is this on a PC or on a mac? I know in system prefs you can click that little lock at the bottom so that it can't be changed, but I've never heard of command buttons being adjusted to be inaccessible.
 
adrianblaine said:
I'm curious as to how that happened? Is this on a PC or on a mac? I know in system prefs you can click that little lock at the bottom so that it can't be changed, but I've never heard of command buttons being adjusted to be inaccessible.
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What I am referring to are business applications developed in VB for a windows platform. For awhile I would allow users all of the options for resizing, scrollbars, etc for their forms. What would happen, they would move command buttons out of their viewing area and not know where they were.
 
Thanks for the feedback on my post. I guess the short answer to my question regarding tiling is that OSX will not automatically tile windows vertically or horizontally but there is a potential work around using AppleScript.

Regardless of which OS we use, windows behave similarly and need to be manipulated. From time to time, for document comparison and exchange purposes, I need to work with two apps side by side. For me, it’s invaluable to click a button and have the system figure this out for me. Since the one of the system’s jobs is to manage windows you have to ask yourself ‘why shouldn’t OSX do this?’ If your answer is: ‘It’s fugly’, or ‘I don’t need that feature’ or ‘It’s not the Mac way’ then those are responses I can’t take seriously.

Part of Apple’s marketing pitch is that they make the whole ‘computing thing’ easier than MS. As such, something as fundamental and trivial as windows tiling should be made available. As an extension of both Expose and Spaces they should allow you to Cmd-click one or more windows and upon release have those windows come forward both tiled and maximized.
 
Basic features like this are often implemented in the yearly point releases of OSX, often in spades, and in ways most users never thought of.

BTW, try dragging an image into the reply text area of this forum from another (tiled) browser window;
in WinXP it simply replaces the current page with the image.
in OSX it pastes the URL to the image. This also works with directories of images; just drag the image link.

IMO, this greatly simplifies the task of posting images in forums, and is a logical and reasonable use for side-by-side tiled windows.
I am unable to make WinXP Pro function this way, which is disappointing to say the least.
 
I want this feature too, Expose'/Applescript doesn't cut it.

Expose' is great, I use it all the time, but it doesn't address this need.
I often have (as I do now) four Safari windows open each with several tabs.
Each of these windows (not tabs) is a different subject.

I need to see each group - at a glance.

I haven't upgraded to Leopard yet and I wonder if Spaces my be adequate for this. but then again, I don't want to have to switch to anything. I just need to see each window (subject group) At-A-Glance.

There's gotta be a Utility to do this SOMEWHERE??

Thx
 
i can think of one scenerio where this would be handy.

At work we have to have 15 to 30 Command Prompts Open Each one is a serial Port which is connected to our hardware for debugging purposes when testing. all windows need to be seen at the same time to check there constitent. so Tile Feature Can come in Handy ;)

im not saying it should be in OSX But i thought id post this as it shows how some people use it everyday. its a miniority :D

i think it would be nice in OSX but, If It isnt To be Thats Fine.
 
kangaroo said:
In Windows you can have the system automatically tile your windows either horizontally or vertically. If for example you wanted to have two browser windows tiled side by side, Windows will maximize each window within your screen. The only way I can see doing this in OSX is to manually size each window. Is there something I'm missing or a workaround?

Also, it would seem that unless you change the from the optimal native resolution you can't change the size of OSXs title bar text, buttons, etc. Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks.
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How do you do this in Windows? I've never seen this feature, except for documents within a single application. I can Tile Word documents within Word. But I don't know how to make it Tile an IE window, a Word document and an Excel spreadsheet so they are all three aligned nicely.

Windows also has Maximize, but that fills the entire screen. It doesn't tile windows side by side.
 
DaveF said:
How do you do this in Windows? I've never seen this feature, except for documents within a single application. I can Tile Word documents within Word. But I don't know how to make it Tile an IE window, a Word document and an Excel spreadsheet so they are all three aligned nicely.
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Right-click an empty place on the Taskbar (or on the clock in the Taskbar), choose "Tile Windows Horizontally/Vertically".
 
em500 said:
Right-click an empty place on the Taskbar (or on the clock in the Taskbar), choose "Tile Windows Horizontally/Vertically".
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Huh. I've been staring past that for years :)

Most of my work is done with maximized windows, but that's good tip to know.
 
May have a Shareware app for this...

http://www.jonn8.com/fwm/

"Finder Window Manager† (FWM) is an application for managing all of your Mac OS X Finder window needs. This application allows you to create Window Sets to remember the size, placement, and just about all the view options of your open windows..."

It seems to do the trick, and more.
 
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