Expose isn't very "ingenious"

psgamer0921

(Ingenious, for lack of a better word...)



I'm a Windows XP user (Don't flame . But I really want a mac), and after seeing numerous videos of Expose in action, I discovered that Windows has had that feature in many releases of their OS's. This is what I'm talking about





Oh yeah, and hey to all you people on the forum. I'm new

der kopf

You are playing with your life! \

buonrotto

Tell us something we don't know. Go back to school, Pointdexter, and report back when you've really learned about Exposé.

psgamer0921

Well, thats why I said "very". I know Expose kicks Windows feature in the @$$, but still, I was just pointing out that Windows has had a feature like that for a while

johnpg

Windows has had "Show Desktop" for years. But that's hardly Expose'. There's nothing here folks, these aren't the droids you're looking for.



John

psgamer0921

I'm not only talking about "Show Desktop", but also the "Cascade Windows" and such

kraig911

psgamer... dude I mean c'mon there's no comparison.

ichiban_jay

that so doesn't compare! it makes it so that the windows are all resized, and you can see the title of the window. but that is very unhelpful, you have to maximize all the windows all over again..

hmurchison

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Originally posted by psgamer0921

I'm not only talking about "Show Desktop", but also the "Cascade Windows" and such

No it's not the same. Expose scales the windows into small thumbnails on the fly based on your function key or gesture. It's far more fluid in actual use. Imagine being able to maximize all of your Windows and select different apps with "one click"(don't sue me Amazon). Windows does not do that nor does "Tile Windows"



The good news is Expose is just one forward thinking feature that Apple has. Come'on over and you'll find perhaps hundreds of these features in the os. That's why Macs become such a pleasure to use. The Devil is in the details.

buonrotto

Well, you took that well. I just just kidding with you.

netromac

I wonder how many Windows users that actually uses the "tile windows xxxxxx" command? If you have more than two windows open it's absolutely useless. It produces more clutter than it resolves, resizes your windows and makes them almost unusable, and it doesn't come near the functionality of Exposé.



This was probably more comment than this thread deserves.

webmail

Cool find for windows. However I can tell you it's not the same, I wish it were since I use windows at work. It doesn't go back to the original state after you tile it so it's really not useful. Same with the show desktop button in windows, it won't let you return to all your windows instantly.



Welcome to the Mac world, play with Expose in real life and you'll find that there is nothing like it. To be honest I hope for the sake of everyone's computing experience that windows does a decent copy-cat feature

grapegraphics

[QUOTE]Originally posted by psgamer0921

[B](Ingenious, for lack of a better word...)



I'm a Windows XP user (Don't flame . But I really want a mac), and after seeing numerous videos of Expose in action, I discovered that Windows has had that feature in many releases of their OS's. This is what I'm talking about



Expose is NOT the windows Tile Windows command et al. It does NOT rearrange the open windows on your desktop. Well, it does sorta, temporarily, so that you can access the window you need. You should go to a store that sells Macs and check it out. When I first saw the demo I kinda looked at it the way you are (I have used Windows for as long as I used Macs). And... I must say, after working with it... it is the cat's meow!



Expose is one of the most useful ways of working with files on the desktop and windows. The faux pas is that it doesn't dispay minimixed windows (from the dock).

stoo

I "forgot" about Exposé until just now. TIme to open some more windows and press F9. Wheee!



What happens if an application uses F9?

buonrotto

How could you "forget" about Exposé?!?!



You can remap the default F9 key for Exposé to almost any other key combo you want if there's a conflict. Well, a lot of other combos anyway. That's true of F10 and F11 too of course. Or you could take away any key combo and just use the screen corners to activate Exposé/ I do that most often (though I keep the keys mapped.) Just look in the Exposé pane of your system Preferences.

eugene

Cascade and Tile Windows permanently reposition and resize your windows.



Expose isn't so invasive. Expose doesn't permanently reposition or resize your windows.



I seldom use Expose, but I do use it. I'd never use Cascade and Tile Windows.

scott

What he ^ said.

ipeon

Quote:

Originally posted by psgamer0921



This is what I'm talking about

What the...



Oh... it's a joke. I get it.

lundy

There was the exact same argument going on in the Ars Battlefront. The Windows guys were claiming expose was just window tiling.

placebo

Grape Graphics: The reason you minimise windows is to get them completely out of your workspace. If you had the windows you didn't want shown on your workspace shown in Expose, it would defeat the pupose of minimizing windows.

(I know that my point is a bit unclear, but that's the best I can manage at 8:00 AM)

paul

window tiling can be useful... for example the print server at the lab I work at has 9 printers hooked up... each has their own queue... so we always have the 9 windows tiled so we can see each at a glance... then we maximize the one we are working with at the time or to investigate any problems... then restore it to it's tiled state... works pretty well... kinda like expose in reverse... (but you have to hit a MUCH smaller target rather then just the whole window)