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how hot is your corner?

siurpeeman

siurpeeman

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who here has hot corners enabled? and if so, what do they do? anything cool out of the usual?

for me, top right is exposé (all windows), bottom left is dashboard, and bottom right reveals the desktop. top left has no function to avoid accidental activation when i go to click on the apple. share your hot corners!
 
Can't say I like them, I can see there uses for some people, but it annoys me when suddenly the screen saver starts or Exposé kicks in as I've knocked the mouse into a corner.

In summary, my corner is not very hot.
 
I like hot corners only with trackpads:

Bottom left: Exposé
Bottom right: Dashboard

I can just swing my finger for Exposé...wonderful
 
Bottom-right corner does "application windows" Exposé for me. I don't use it much and I wanted to free up the keyboard shortcut.

I use two corners for screen saver (one to activate and one to disable).

I'm not really aware of anything "interesting" that can be done with hot corners out of the box. What sort of thing did you have in mind?
 
matticus008 said:
I'm not really aware of anything "interesting" that can be done with hot corners out of the box. What sort of thing did you have in mind?
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i was thinking along the lines of a 3rd party app. maybe a hot corner that would allow you to skip an itunes track. a hot corner that did something besides exposé, screen saver and dashboard. something different.
 
siurpeeman said:
i was thinking along the lines of a 3rd party app. maybe a hot corner that would allow you to skip an itunes track. a hot corner that did something besides exposé, screen saver and dashboard. something different.
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I skip iTunes tracks with my mouse in conjunction with Synergy. I also use a spare mouse button (middle click) to do "all windows" Exposé, since I use it frequently.

I find this more efficient than having to drag my mouse across a rather large monitor (and it allows me to avoid interrupting whatever I'm working on).

You might want to play around with Quicksilver and/or CornerClick if you're really set on using the screen corners, though.
 
MACDRIVE said:
Hot Corners must be a 10.4 thing or something. 😕
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Ahh, don't think so. I'm pretty sure 10.3 (and maybe even earlier versions) had them has well.

Personally I don't use them. I just don't find them particularly useful or convenient.
 
Bottom Left > Enable Screensaver (not password protected, just like the eye candy).

Top Left > Disable Screensaver


I use the keyboard shortcuts for all the Exposé features and Dashboard...
 
If the top-left and top-right corners were hot corners, that would annoy me to no end. The :apple:, App, and FILE menus are at the top-left, and the Spotlight icon and clock are at the top-right corner.

I don't use hot corners, but if I had to use one, it'd be on the bottom left. I don't keep files on that half of the Desktop, so there's not much risk of me activating it accidentally.
 
Abstract said:
if I had to use one, it'd be on the bottom left. I don't keep files on that half of the Desktop, so there's not much risk of me activating it accidentally.
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I use bottom left for Expose-All Windows, bottom right isn't used because of the trash, and top as you say.
 
Hot corners have been in place since hmm 7 something, maybe 8.

I used them for a while but I never found much utility in them and they were always coming on at the wrong times.
 
My hot corners have remained unchaged since 8.x. Top left activates screen saver while top right disables screen saver.
 
siurpeeman said:
who here has hot corners enabled? and if so, what do they do? anything cool out of the usual?

for me, top right is exposé (all windows), bottom left is dashboard, and bottom right reveals the desktop. top left has no function to avoid accidental activation when i go to click on the apple. share your hot corners!
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OMG, Hot Corners are DA BOMB!!!

Expose would NEVER be the same w/o them. They're a marriage made in Heaven!
Using a key is fine too, but having the hot corners+trackpad makes navigating through a variety of apps so much easier.

I have my All Windows to the lower left corner and Desktop on the upper right. As a right-handed user, those two corners are the easiest to reach.

I run into them by accident sometimes, but it's not a hassle since you can easily retouch that corner to put things back the way they are.
 
I could not live without hot corners. Every time I am on a Windows PC I'll move the mouse to a corner and wonder why Exposé isn't coming up. 😀

Anyway, I have top left for expose, lower left for desktop and top right for dashboard. I had lower left for screen saver but it got annoying fast.
 
I use them too. I think they're set to top-left = all windows, bottom-left = app windows, bottom-right = DB, and top-right = desktop.
 
I used to have my bottom left be enable screensaver, but then I got over it and don't use any hot corners anymore.
 
Top Left - Dashboard
Bottom Left - Expose (all windows)
Bottom Right - Show Desktop
Top Right - Nothing (I like to flick my mouse towards that corner for spotlight)
 
Top Right : Desktop
Bottom Right : Expose`
Bottom Left : Screen Saver

Dashboard: F12 or a special button on my mouse. 🙂
 
I have no idea how I would survive without hotcorners. They really do save loads of time when you're doing stuff.

Bottom Left: Dashboard
Bottom Right: Show Desktop

My million-button mouse does all the expose stuff.
 
I tried the hot corners and hated it. Then again, I own a 12" lappy so it's relatively easy to accidently hit one. When I get the 24" iMac I'm dreaming about maybe I'll give 'em another try, but for now my 5 button mouse does the trick.
 
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