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- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40That's not really what Expose does, is it? Expose allows you to show or hide all the current windows. This merely darkens the background, am I right?
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Yeah, when I can hit F11 and have everything shoo to the sides in Windows, I'll be thrilled.
- joechrz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Everyone bury my last comment the link is broken for some reason. Use this:
BINARY: http://www.gyrolabs.com/downloads/jediconcentrate-options.zip
SOURCE: http://www.gyrolabs.com/downloads/jediconcentrate-options-source.zip - MikeCerm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19This doesn't actually mimic exposè, it just fades everything in the background, leaving the active windows looking bright and shiny.
It's pretty cool, but I can't really imagine using it for anything. Also, it causes an annoying flicker as it fades, which is probably a refresh-rate issue on my LCD, but it's nothing that I can fix. 60 Hz is what my monitor will handle, and what my driver is set for. - Cossins, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Marked as inaccurate, since this doesn't mimic Exposé at all. Exposé makes your windows fly around, giving a total overhead view of all open windows. It can also show all windows from the current program (very useful with Apple HIG-compliant MDI applications on Mac OS X), which produces an effect similar to what this mimics, except the windows highlighted aren't interactive (since you're supposed to choose one). When an application has more than one window open.
Appreciate the effort, but this just doesn't do the same.
- Simon - cyfer2000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18What Expose really does is shown at http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/expose.html
- relinquish, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15For those of you that are curious, the app itself is around 300 lines of C#.
- obobo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14300 lines, not forgetting a 20MB .NET run-time dependency!
- cyfer2000, on 10/12/2007, -10/+19It's not expose at all, lame.
- noamsml, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I was going to say "Yeah, it's part of compiz", but apparently the is expose for Windows. Well, have fun, Windowsites!
- bearda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7That's a nice feature, doesn't quite compare to OS X's Expose in terms to sheer usefulness. Mainly, you can't see the content of any window but the one in the foreground (although you can see their title bar) and that it messes with the window position/size of anything you have open (it doesn't "snap back" like OS X).
Andrew Beard
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"Yeah, when I can hit F11 and have everything shoo to the sides in Windows, I'll be thrilled."
Try Win-D. It shows your desktop, just without the fancy effects. Hitting it again will restore your desktop to the previous state. - Hickeroar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Never used anything Java I take it?
- Nitro420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Cascade is nothing like expose. Cascade puts all the windows together but in line with each other. There are many ways to set expose but the way I use it is that it shows every window that is opened (small enough so you can see all of them on the screen) and then choose the window you're looking for and hit the expose button again. This is great in photoshop when you are making a collage of many photos.
- trekkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yep, title is inaccurate, .this is a fancy visual boss key or something to help people with ADD when it comes to open windows
- FatController, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5It's a neat looking application ( from the screenshots ) but this isn't what Expose does. Marking inaccurate.
- daonlyfreez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nice apps...
If you are no (real) programmer (or don't like C#), check out some of these variants (all in AutoHotkey, simple and OSS):
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic8597.html
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#TransOther
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#Ghoster
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic5721.html - relinquish, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Holy crap guys, did you even read the description? I said it mimiced the "fade out" effect. Not the omigoshwindowsflyingaround effect.
- catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Why say it again then?
- hadak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6*pets his ibook*
- manish22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4How about SmallWindows ?
Free, open source and works like Expose
http://smallwindows.sourceforge.net/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3TopDesk is nice, but it sure is a memory hog.
- chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3quit your whining, this guy codes stuff for free. if you dont like it, STFU, and dont download it.
personally, i like it. it does mimic expose slightly, just not 100%. - relinquish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I reiterate, once again, loud and clear. The program MIMICS AN EFFECT OF EXPOSE. Whatever the hell you guys interpreted that to mean was spun way out of proportion. I did not say "Windows program clones expose" or "Program competes with expose". Not even close.
No, I'm not suggesting that it's a replacement or even competition. It just so happened that nobody came up with a better app for the dude code that day so he thought he'd have a go at it. And for 2 hours, work, it really isn't that bad.
For all you mac lovers out there: Shut up and use your macs. - kingkool68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It still needs some work. Dragging windows around is slooooowwww. And not much use to me since I keep a clean desktop.
- azrael13666, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The only app ive seen that works sort of like exposé for windows is Top desk
http://www.otakusoftware.com/topdesk/ - digggdoug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://blogs.labo-dotnet.com/simon/archive/2006/09/12/11116.aspx
This runs on Vista using the DWM. Much more Expose like. - Necron, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Alright, THESE are the types of apps that should have been made earlier but now we have Jedi to save the day.
Really, this is completely awesome what you're doing (and awesome stuff to the people in the chat room suggesting it). - danz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I thought this venture would be fun to follow but most of these apps are not impressive. I applaud the effort but I would like to see some solid usable apps that could be used on a daily basis and not "trinket" apps that are fun for a single use.
- redrighthand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is the one major App I really miss while at work on a Dell. Amazing how you take it for granted and then wish for it and would even pay for it on a windows machine
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The source code is released along side it, alter it a bit and make it automaticly fade non-active windows out..
Yay for open-source
(Also, it's simply the Digg article that was innacurate, the App A Day site specificaly states it "mimics A feature" of Expose)
- Ben - codeoptimist, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Sweet! +digg!
- fuelvolts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Small Windows is really great for open source - my only complaint is that it isn't easily customizable besides editing source code, which will NEVER make it a successful program outside of the people who have favorite sourceforge mirrors
But it works and that is what's important
+digg for people to try it - Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Umm let me get this straight, the applications just dims the other applications in the background? THAT'S IT??? What part of Expose is this supposed to mimic? The shading of the background applications is only used when you look at all the windows of one application. When viewing all the applications this only dims the desktop. If this at least did what F10 does then it would be a useful app, but this is just pointless. Not to mention a unportable .net application.
- tominabox1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Ditto.
- wastern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1get rid of .Net. while you're at it why don't you delete all those pesky dll files. who needs them......
- Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Correct. Well, of course I've used java in the past but only because I was forced to. I'm currently studying C, C++, Assembly and, *pukes*, Java at uni, so naturally do use java, but only for development. I don't use any java applications and do not install the JRE unless I have to, same with .net though it's a bit easier not to install .net when running a linux machine :)
- sinfree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love this app, but I have encountered an issue with it. I have two monitors, and it only dims one of the screens. Is there a quick fix for this?
- MikeCerm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Autohotkey is great! I fall into the "no (real) programmer" category, but AHK's language is so simple. In minutes you can do things like remap keys, create hotkeys, key/mouse macros, hotstrings, etc. It's also surprisingly powerful, supports GUIs, and you can do really amazing things with it. It brings the Windows API within reach of the common-man, that's for sure.
- Locuester, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Does it mimic "a feature of expose", as the blog says?
- chadseld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Try OmniDazzle
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Awesome app. Sure, it doesn't mimic ALL of Expose, but it's nice that it does mimic one interesting feature.
Word of advice, though. Don't keep Firefox focused if you're trying to download anything. The little popup and notifier lag like crazy when they appear. - SeenD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It works on my dual :)
even with the window in the middle.
But this ain't expose the title is misleading.
fun little app though. but not very useful for me.
marked as inaccurate - toxicredm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If XP came out before Expose, then this (cascade windows) has definitely been around before Expose. It's been around at least since Windows 3.1
- catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@relinquish
Maybe it should be called class-a-day not app-a-day then.
(Class in the programming sense not the educational sense) - BevosGhost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I haven't used it in a little while, but Reflex Vision (http://www.reflexvision.net/) (formerly Entbloess) also does something similar to Expose for a PC
- Locuester, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Added about 50 more since saying this in the chat. Tried like hell to suppress the Win-J hotkey from letting the keypress through. Still not sure whats wrong, so I added Ctrl-/ which is less intrusive on most apps. F12 is good for most too...
- zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, this is more analogous to FocusLayer (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/10347).
It has to be noted that FocusLayer etc are very old and out of date. The effect is incomplete and won't work too well on Intel Macs since these focus layer apps are for PPC. If someone knows of a new one for intel macs, which doesn't have so many quirks, please let me know.
So, right now the Windows mob have a pretty effect newer mac owners don't :) - twe4ked, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4yes it does. marked as inaccurate
- berkes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Look at http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=14865 for a linux/KDE version. Its also open source :P
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