jimro Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Anyone who have been in contact with Mac OS X might have noticed a very clever feature called expos?: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/ I wonder if anyone know of a program for Windows XP that can handle windows in the same way? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazgul Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 http://www.winplosion.com/ - $10, bought it several months ago, quite happy with it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veiva Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 expire, google it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xer34 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Interesting. I might throw it on my pc for the hell of it.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimro Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 thanx nazgul :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReaperMan Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 mm for the lazy ones out there expire website:D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazgul Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 As for Expire... I've been a beta tester since day one. It certainly has the potential to become an AWESOME little app - but it's nowhere close to there yet. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0| Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 winplosion 2. Somewhat quirky (mostly other apps with hidden windows are annoying) and needs improvement, but quite smooth and looks good, plus useful. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0vela Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 WinPlosion is very useful, I have just discovered this little app and i'm impressed with it's speed. Really nice. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 expire/winplosion. but its a useless app imo. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimro Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 Using WinPLOSION now! it's Great! :D a feature like this should be standard on all operating systems :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0vela Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 expire/winplosion. but its a useless app imo. if you have a bunch of open windows in your desktop, and want to know where is the one you're searching, without time wasting, it's good for you. this is an option for those who uses many apps and windows at the same time. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 alt+tab works fine, or winkey+d Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimro Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 alt+tab works fine, or winkey+d 584815784[/snapback] but its not quite the same, with alt+tab u dont see the actual windows, just icons representing each window. cmon, admit it, its a cool feature ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584815808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eevoo Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I'm with kiwi on this, granted the "cool" factor is way up there, and obviously for allot of people it's very useful but for myself I don't really need to see the window contents, an icon does just fine. Plus I'm use to linux style virtual desktop. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584816012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejn Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I gotta try this WinPlosion thing when I get home. I've fallen madly in love with Expose at school, and would LOVE to have this feature on a PC. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584817786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 http://www.winplosion.com/ - $10, bought it several months ago, quite happy with it. 584815607[/snapback] WOW, that is really great. I didn't know these clones have progressed to this level of smoothness yet. Must resist impulse buying! :p :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584817944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMan Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I dont like it's shortcut keys as I use WIN+1/2/3/4 for my virtual Desktops. Fortunetly, you can change them :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584817963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
STV Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 actually, windows has had this "expose" functionality since what? windows 95? right click on the task bar and select "tile Windows vertically", "Tile Windows Horizontally", or "cascade WIndows" STV Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584818052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 It doesn't seem to work properly after exiting a game, maybe you need to exclude all games in the options? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584818550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 but its not quite the same, with alt+tab u dont see the actual windows, just icons representing each window. Check out XP's Powertools : Alt-Tab replacement Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584818571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noyb Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 actually, windows has had this "expose" functionality since what? windows 95?right click on the task bar and select "tile Windows vertically", "Tile Windows Horizontally", or "cascade WIndows" STV 584818052[/snapback] Its not quite the same thing, expose uses zoom effects to actually resize the windows to fit the screen but unlike Windows you still see the full Window for example if i were to use the tile effect in Windows with a few images i would only be seeing part of the images and following that i would then have to resize all the images again making the arangement worse than it was before. As i have seen you post this before STV (i think it was you) i really think if you get a chance to use a Mac you should try it for yourself, it really does make a difference, most people shrug it off but its like browser tabs once you use it a few times it becomes an essential tool to managing your workspace. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584818589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyPixel Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 WinPLOSION rocks...it's not perfect, however. (considering it's not freeware, I figure I can criticize it and feel okay about it :)). (1) The "windows" don't turn light blue when you hover over them the way they do in Mac indicating which one you're about to select. (2) When you select the option to show your desktop, the windows don't really "slide" out to the side...instead, it's more like a "WinKey + D" -- all the windows disappear, but there's no cool sliding effect. Other than that, the program works amazingly well! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584823811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaran00 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Switched to this from winplosion http://www.entbloess.com/ Seems to be faster and allows you to interact with window controls while in expose mode. Also, it updates window contents while in expose mode, too. Cheaper than winplosion... Window shading blue effect is there... allows you to use alt-tab as a key... etc etc. ciaran Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584831542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Switched to this from winplosionhttp://www.entbloess.com/ Seems to be faster and allows you to interact with window controls while in expose mode. Also, it updates window contents while in expose mode, too. Cheaper than winplosion... Window shading blue effect is there... allows you to use alt-tab as a key... etc etc. ciaran 584831542[/snapback] Trying it now, pretty slick. (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/236459-expos/#findComment-584831558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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