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omg, i wish this existed!!!!

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theman

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ok, so i was reading the forums, and also kind of trying to watch a video at the same time, and i also had a finder window open and azureus. i'm on a 15" mbp, so not much screen room. i really wanted to watch the video AND read the forums at the same time, as well as keep an eye on one of my torrents. so i just instinctively hit expose. ok, cool, i can see the video, and the other windows, but none of the windows are functional and they are blurry so i can't read anything.

wouldn't it just TOTALLY KICK %@$^ if there was a function that just spread the windows out on the screen with the best possible use of space for you so you dont have to drag and resize them yourself???? that would be freaking incredible.

APPLE: do this now!!!

(oh yeah, and if this exists, PLEASE tell me about it, it would make my day)
 
Well you could have the video in the foreground and do one of two things.

With a Mighty Mouse you can use the scroll wheel, and even if the window is in back you can still scroll it. That way the video can over-lay part of the browser but you can still scroll and read.

Or with a regular mouse/trackpad you can hold down the command key and move, scroll or pretty much to anything to a background window.
 
So do I :)

I've often thought about how cool it would be if there was a program that resized windows to maximize screen efficiency. It probably wouldn't be too hard to pull off. I wonder why nobody has done it yet.
 
unity said:
Or with a regular mouse/trackpad you can hold down the command key and move, scroll or pretty much to anything to a background window.
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yeah, but i want to scroll while i'm in expose!!! :rolleyes:
 
Erendiox said:
So do I :)

I've often thought about how cool it would be if there was a program that resized windows to maximize screen efficiency. It probably wouldn't be too hard to pull off. I wonder why nobody has done it yet.
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Especially if you could tell it to give precedence to certain apps. I don't want Safari resized, but it can resize Quicktime and others to its hearts content... that sort of thing.
 
^^yeah, that would be AMAZING!

i am emailing steve jobs right now.
 
Erendiox said:
I wonder why nobody has done it yet.
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I think what you're all describing is resolution independence. And the reason nobody has done it yet is because it has proven tremendously difficult to pull off and assure that every app is working properly, despite how easy it may seem with Exposé.

If you play around with Quartz Debug, you can scale everything down to 90% or 80% and it sortof has the same effect. It sure messes a lot of crap up though.
 
This is where resolution independence would help out. Unfortunately, when you re-size windows like in expose - they're going to get fuzzy due in part to the LCD. The font/window changes size, and it's no longer @ native - so it starts to blur. (not to mention, I'm sure Apple stuffed in some effect as well)

You could make use of spaces, and use VLC to play the video in desktop mode.

Or buy a 2nd monitor... (or just a larger one)

i:confused:
 
isn't there some way to just have it reduce the window size, not zoom the window? like the same effect as dragging the corner, just that it does all the windows at once to make them all fit the screen.
 
no, not maximized, but 2 squares just don't fit on my 15" widescreen... i kind of have an old CRT, i could dust it off. *cough*
 
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