I found this awesume FREE program called Dexpot today and it flat out ROX!!!
Forget Topdesk, Winplosion, etc. this baby does it all and more.
It does the Expose thing, Virtual desktops and lots more.
I am in no way affiliated with this Program... just sharing my discovery with my Aquasoft
pals.
I've tried just about all of the other stuff and this baby beats them all...oh did I mention the
best part? IT'S FREE!!!
Here's the linkage:
looks interesting, thx. dl'ing now...
I tried this out not too long ago. It's pretty smooth. The whole thing is solid and there was hardly an glitches. It's doesn't do the expose thing - at least the version I had didn't - and it's attempt at a Spaces-like feature was a little ho-hum for me. I wasn't graphically impressed.
The foundation is there though.
The new version 1.4 does the Expose thing very well.
Only using hotkey combos...haven't found any screen hotspot options though, but the hot keys
combos can be changed easily.
L8tr,
HaMMeR=GoM=
That is a powerful program, runs very smooth and has a lot of options.
Here's something kind of cool that I did for Dexpot.
I used Autoit3 to write a script and then compiled into an executable which gives Dexpot
Hot Corners.
Here's the link to Autoit3: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
Autoit3 is FREE ;-)
Here's the code:
While 1
$Mpos = MouseGetPos()
If $Mpos[0] < 20 and $Mpos[1] > @desktopheight -20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F2}")
Endif
If $Mpos[0] > @desktopwidth -20 And $Mpos[1] > @desktopheight -20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F3}")
EndIf
Sleep(100)
Wend
Copy and paste the above into a new au3 file, ( DO NOT USE NOTEPAD, IT WON'T WORK,
USE THE SCITE EDITOR THAT COMES WITH AUTOIT3 ) then run the script or if you prefer
compile your new script into an executable file with Autoit3. If you compile it with options
you can even give it a custom tray icon and it will be a stand alone app.
This script uses the bottom corners of the screen to send either Winkey +F2 or send
Winkey+F3.
Just by mousing over the bottom corners of the screen you call the Expose and Preview like
features of Dexpot.
Pretty cool I think...more OSX like...he,he,he.
If you want the corners at the Top of your sceen, just edit your script to this:
While 1
$Mpos = MouseGetPos()
if $mou[0] < 20 AND $mou[1] < 20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F2}")
Endif
if $mou[0] > @desktopwidth -20 AND $mou[1] < 20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F3}")
EndIf
Sleep(100)
Wend
Hope you find this usefull.
L8tr,
HaMMeR=GoM=
Wow thanks for the great link. What a great hidden gem of a proggie. I usually use VirtuaWin but this seems to offer the same functionality plus much much more. Mem usage seems to be higher but I guess that can be expected. The customizable titlebar commands are interesting too.
One thing, any way to automatically get a program to start on a certain desktop.
I got an trojan downloader (virus) when I downloaded it from their site and installed it. It was version 1.4...
Hey Janie B. did you go to their forums?
I just checked the installer and Dexpot with Avast and it came up clean.
There are things called false positives you know.
Anyway sorry for your trouble.
It works great for me and I'm sticking with it.
It's pretty bad when people DIS programmers who provide quality software for FREE!
L8tr,
HaMMeR=GoM=
Thanks for the link. Haven't tried this in awhile but, they certainly improved it a great deal. 
My only complaint is that it doesn't accept png's.
Anyone know if there's a way to get get multiple WB themes running amongst the various desktops with this? Thanks.
Anyone know if there's a way to get get multiple WB themes running amongst the various desktops with this? Thanks.
Maybe contact the author. There's some issue with Styler shadows also.
What are the symbols for the alt key, ctrl key, win key and function keys in AutoIt. I was able to make the script work with the hot corners at the bottom of the screen using the default profile of Dexpot. I want to use my own shortcuts with the hot corners.
Here's something kind of cool that I did for Dexpot.I used Autoit3 to write a script and then compiled into an executable which gives Dexpot
Hot Corners.
Here's the link to Autoit3: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
Autoit3 is FREE ;-)
Here's the code:
While 1
$Mpos = MouseGetPos()
If $Mpos[0] < 20 and $Mpos[1] > @desktopheight -20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F2}")
Endif
If $Mpos[0] > @desktopwidth -20 And $Mpos[1] > @desktopheight -20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F3}")
EndIf
Sleep(100)
Wend
Copy and paste the above into a new au3 file, ( DO NOT USE NOTEPAD, IT WON'T WORK,
USE THE SCITE EDITOR THAT COMES WITH AUTOIT3 ) then run the script or if you prefer
compile your new script into an executable file with Autoit3. If you compile it with options
you can even give it a custom tray icon and it will be a stand alone app.
This script uses the bottom corners of the screen to send either Winkey +F2 or send
Winkey+F3.
Just by mousing over the bottom corners of the screen you call the Expose and Preview like
features of Dexpot.
Pretty cool I think...more OSX like...he,he,he.
If you want the corners at the Top of your sceen, just edit your script to this:
While 1
$Mpos = MouseGetPos()
if $mou[0] < 20 AND $mou[1] < 20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F2}")
Endif
if $mou[0] > @desktopwidth -20 AND $mou[1] < 20 Then
Sleep(100)
Send("#{F3}")
EndIf
Sleep(100)
Wend
Hope you find this usefull.
L8tr,
]
HaMMeR=GoM=
Anyone know if there's a way to get get multiple WB themes running amongst the various desktops with this? Thanks.
You know when you change wb theme?
Yeah, it'd take that long. I guess with affiliation from stardock they could work their magic, but...
thnkx
How is it on memory usage?
5-10mb
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