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More Window Resizing?
One of the only features that I like about Windows 7 is the ability to drag a window to either side of the screen so that it'll take up have the screen. That way if you want to look at two different folders and move files between them you just drag on to the left and the other to the right.
Why can't Apple make it easy to do something like that? I feel like I spend half my time resizing/repositioning windows. I have better things to do!
I don't want more manual resizing options..I don't want to have to worry about manually resizing!
One of the only features that I like about Windows 7 is the ability to drag a window to either side of the screen so that it'll take up have the screen. That way if you want to look at two different folders and move files between them you just drag on to the left and the other to the right.
Why can't Apple make it easy to do something like that? I feel like I spend half my time resizing/repositioning windows. I have better things to do!
I don't want more manual resizing options..I don't want to have to worry about manually resizing!
One of the only features that I like about Windows 7 is the ability to drag a window to either side of the screen so that it'll take up have the screen. That way if you want to look at two different folders and move files between them you just drag on to the left and the other to the right.
Why can't Apple make it easy to do something like that? I feel like I spend half my time resizing/repositioning windows. I have better things to do!
Bettersnaptool in the Mac app store ($1.99) does this, and works great.
@cmaier, do you use this with Spaces? Have you found a way for the window NOT to be thrown into another space when pushing against a screen edge? Sort of annoying!
I do use it with spaces (btw, on lion does spaces still do that - I understand there's no longer a spaces grid?)
It is a slight pain, because you need to get the timing right and let go of the window right when it shows the giant rectangle. Had the same issue with hyperdock.
However, I usually use hotkeys to snap instead.
- Window Resizing from any edge/corner is lame....it should have been implemented decades ago...
check out my mockups i made, it's to really push the iOS envelope, you delete all your dock icons except launchpad, which acts as your home button, and make the dock transparent. everything is launched via launchpad and swiping through the screens like an iOS device. see what you think i was just too lazy to actually delete my icons so i did it in ps heh.
i was just too lazy to actually delete my icons so i did it in ps heh.Attachments
Yes. Just like there was an option to make Windows XP control panel and menus look like Windows 2000.
Yes. Just like there's an option to make Windows 7 look like Windows XP.
Yes. Any time you move forward (i.e., progress) change is involved.
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One of the only features that I like about Windows 7 is the ability to drag a window to either side of the screen so that it'll take up have the screen. That way if you want to look at two different folders and move files between them you just drag on to the left and the other to the right.
Why can't Apple make it easy to do something like that? I feel like I spend half my time resizing/repositioning windows. I have better things to do!
I agree. This is one windows feature Mac osx should copy.
Let's see:
Viruses
Registry
OEM business model that pollutes most installs with nasty, useless "freeware."
Multiple, confusing "flavors" that require hours to contemplate before deciding which to purchase.
Onerous, arrogant, hostile licensing scheme.
Those are just the objective ones. Won't even get into the subjective.
Well, Apple does it ALL the time.
Preview app had an inconsistency when pressing the button plus(zoom in) or minus(zoom out) doing the opposite.
It was fixed after waiting for a long time for a software update.
Perjury is a event that happens in court. This is a copyright takedown notice, which someone else has already done a better job explaining why this was taken down.
At it's simplest, someone had to violate an NDA in order for that video to be made, which is a contract violation. Whoops.
Safari
I love that mouse swipes now take you through the history pages in Safari, kind of like reading an ebook. No more clicking back arrows! Very cool feature, and kind of gives me a hint of where they're trying to go with the OS, more in the iPad direction.
I love that mouse swipes now take you through the history pages in Safari, kind of like reading an ebook. No more clicking back arrows! Very cool feature, and kind of gives me a hint of where they're trying to go with the OS, more in the iPad direction.
Do you mean like going back and forwards? Haven't you been able to do that already (Leopard/Snow Leopard with Magic Mouse or Multitouch Trackpad)?
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I'm actually stunned it didn't do it anyway.
I just assumed something so basic worked anyway. quite amazed this is considered new in the Apple world.
Really? This graphic designer is going to really miss the color in the sidebars and throughout the OS as well. I think they've done a fine job elsewhere, but it's no secret that you do tie placement of objects and associations in memory to color. I know my Macintosh HD is gray, my iDisk is blue and my external RAID is orange. I know this and don't have to read it before I click, I know what it is and where it is because of color. I know my folders are blue, my link for a specific file I reference multiple times daily is orange, my downloads folder is a green circle, and so on and so on.
If color isn't such a big deal, why don't all the Adobe CS5 icons come in one color? According to you, us designers don't appreciate the color associations, they can all be gray! We just need to take a second and read the icon! No need to associate the burnt-orange square with Bridge, the bright orange one for Illustrator, the purple one for InDesign, the blue one for Photoshop or the green one for Dreamweaver. Let's not forget about the red one for Flash! These are all visual identities that are completely removed when you get rid of color.
Shape also plays into this, and is something I'm getting angrier and angrier about from Apple. I have to keep Safari, iTunes, QuickTime and the Mac App Store in completely different sections of the dock. THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, THEY'RE BLUE CIRCLES!
I'm all for a clean look, but going for completely sterile? Not so much.
I don't know. I use the Magic Mouse and if you were able to do that in Snow Leopard, I never came across it. Perhaps it was a hidden feature in Snow Leopard that had to be enabled? At any rate, I just happened to do it inadvertently when using Safari... it took me a minute to figure out what had happened. Now I love it.
It is a feature in Snow Leopard (Maybe even Leopard. Can't remember). Three fingers to go back and forth in Safari. But they merged the option later on, when the trackpad was released. Now in Snow Leopard you can choose to use that three finger to either go back and forth, or select text/drag windows.
New swipe is different in experience.