DeskShow - Move you applications out of sight

[schmrom]

Okay, holidays are here, yippie... Good time to start messing aroung with window handles

So heres a new app, its just hmm maybe alpha.

Just start it and press F11, to free you desktop. Press again and all windows will move back to theire previous position.

Please post bugs and so on, as always

Requirements

Windows XP, Vista (may also work on other)

.NET Framework 2.0

Changelog

04-07-2008 21:30

- Added black stripes

- All windows should move now

- Windows should move faster

- Added animation when moving to the side

- Clicking on the black stripes will show the windows again

Download Binaries

Download Source

[shmengie]

well, i can see it running via task manager, but ctrl+alt+e does nothing.

wxp sp3, ie7, super turbo tango patcher

[schmrom]

well, i can see it running via task manager, but ctrl+alt+e does nothing.

wxp sp3, ie7, super turbo tango patcher

hmm, please try the new version, a grey broder should show up when hotkey is pressed

http://www.file2go.net/files/deskshow.d1e44ab850.rar

[shmengie]

okay, that works. interesting idea, but man, it freaks out if a window is in full-screen. also, maybe throw some tabs in the border so you can bring back the windows selectively. nice start, thx.

[devrexster]

I didn't get the idea. Works good !! But a grey border appears around the desktop and then ... what now ??

[ethereal]

cool

but works with Internet explorer only doesnt work with explorer windows (My documents etc.)

[schmrom]

I didn't get the idea. Works good !! But a grey border appears around the desktop and then ... what now ??

It's just like the feature on a Mac, you press a key and all windows will move out of sight, so you can see the desktop.

Will go on working on it

[Björn]

Very cool.

But Bugs:

1. When you have more than one window of the same kind (two explorer, three Firefox..)open, only the upper one will disappear.

2. The Windows (espacially Firefox) move very slow. ca. 4 seconds to move them. If I have more windows open they disappear one after the other.

XP SP2, AMD X24600, ATI X1950pro (no AA, no AF), 2GB Mem

[schmrom]

Very cool.

But Bugs:

1. When you have more than one window of the same kind (two explorer, three Firefox..)open, only the upper one will disappear.

2. The Windows (espacially Firefox) move very slow. ca. 4 seconds to move them. If I have more windows open they disappear one after the other.

XP SP2, AMD X24600, ATI X1950pro (no AA, no AF), 2GB Mem

Okay, all windows should move now and they should move faster.

Download link is in the first post

[Björn]

Work now with all windows ,but with Windowblinds only the "borders" move and the windows stay.

[ethereal]

doesnot work at all now.

[schmrom]

sry, I am just some ours at home vacation and so on

I am going to work on it when I am back

[kftrainer]

I hope it continues to be worked on due to the problem with not working on my opera browser and there stills to be a problem with animation

[schmrom]

Okay I am releasing the source now, because I don't have the time to continue working on it.

The source is free for use, but please link back to this thread.

http://www.file2go.net/download.php?file=cb00bac72e_zip

Edited first post.