Useful little gadget for windows

[doodab]

AquaSnap

A kind of enhanced aero.

I have noticed that google chrome is broken with respect to tiling (i.e. show windows stacked / side by side). Very annoying.

[d000hg]

I have noticed that google chrome is broken with respect to tiling (i.e. show windows stacked / side by side). Very annoying.

Do you mean the way IE9 shows each tab as a separate widget when you hover over the taskbar, and Chrome doesn't? Or actual multiple chrome windows rather than tabs?

[doodab]

Do you mean the way IE9 shows each tab as a separate widget when you hover over the taskbar, and Chrome doesn't? Or actual multiple chrome windows rather than tabs?

Multiple chrome windows. If you go into task manager, ctrl-click to select a couple of chrome windows and select "Tile Vertically" or "Tile Horizontally" nothing happens. Most other things do what you would expect.

[VectraMan]

Did you know (I didn't until the other day) that you can use windows button + the cursor keys to position your windows? Quite handy that.

[doodab]

That is handy.

Antoher one I use a lot is typing windows, c, m, d, ctrl + shift + enter, which will give you an elevated command prompt much more quickly than finding the program and right clicking etc. It will work with explorer and other things as well.

[Sysman]

Did you know (I didn't until the other day) that you can use windows button + the cursor keys to position your windows? Quite handy that.

Nice one.

Another problem for y'all

In Windows 7, if I move a Window too quickly, the thing will often maximise on me, and that's not what I'm after. I can't find this documented anywhere. How do I switch this behaviour off?

I can't reproduce this on the Win7 VM here, maybe because being in a VM it hasn't got the full video support, maybe just 'cos it's too slow when doing that.

[Spacecadet]

Nice one.

Another problem for y'all

In Windows 7, if I move a Window too quickly, the thing will often maximise on me, and that's not what I'm after. I can't find this documented anywhere. How do I switch this behaviour off?

I can't reproduce this on the Win7 VM here, maybe because being in a VM it hasn't got the full video support, maybe just 'cos it's too slow when doing that.

dragging the window by the title bar to the top of the screen will maximize it. never heard of moving it too fast having that effect

[doodab]

Nice one.

Another problem for y'all

In Windows 7, if I move a Window too quickly, the thing will often maximise on me, and that's not what I'm after. I can't find this documented anywhere. How do I switch this behaviour off?

I can't reproduce this on the Win7 VM here, maybe because being in a VM it hasn't got the full video support, maybe just 'cos it's too slow when doing that.

Are you sure it's not cos you are moving it to the top of the screen? That is one of the new aero features.

[VectraMan]

Are you sure it's not cos you are moving it to the top of the screen? That is one of the new aero features.

WDDS. Also you could be doing an accidental double click.

Apparently Virtual Box 4.1 will now support Aero for Windows 7 guests. Haven't tried it yet.

[Bunk]

WTS

If I remember rightly, dragging a window to the top maximises it, to the left or right makes it fill half the screen, and shaking it hides the other windows or something like that.