DExposE Expose Clone

Update bump..

Hi happy new year to all of u. I havent posted here for a long time. So welcome back to myself

http://devrexster.googlepages.com/dexpose2

thats the new homepage for DExpose2.

There is a new version of it. There is a new quick expose feature, and also a task switcher menu ...... Three types of download available - zipped, standalone exe, and installer version. Check the main post for full details.

Its working fine in XPsp3 and Vista SP1. I have tried to supress all previous bugs.

So have a go at it. I dont know when I will be posting here again .... just thought to let u know. Oh and DExposE2 was in the best of 2008 at lifehacker, did u guys see that ??

#519007

Hey devrexster, yea, I caught that, congratulations

#519009

Hey devrexster, yea, I caught that, congratulations

Hi buddy, u still hittin around here. U finally changed ur crappy avatar

Thanks for the congrats

#519010

Hi buddy, u still hittin around here. U finally changed ur crappy avatar

hha~ I couldn't go the distance after seeing your self portrait one-ups-manship!

It's good to see you too friend You deserve the recognition, oh and happy New Year.

So in spirit, has lifehacker traffic boosted your entrepreneurial rewards?

#519014

hha~ I couldn't go the distance after seeing your self portrait one-ups-manship!

It's good to see you too friend You deserve the recognition, oh and happy New Year.

So in spirit, has lifehacker traffic boosted your entrepreneurial rewards?

You bet it has

If thats my self-portrait then I am a latino singer who has his girlfriend playing tennis with his balls

#519015

::face palm:: I must've missed that Latin singer when I was last updating my popular Latin singer avatar wiki page.

Don't be a stranger around here now.. oh, and don't stop releasing new updates to your mouse gesture app! Most useful function for windows around.

#519017

Hello

I just downloaded the installer version of Dexpose 2 and as with other versions I am having problems with getting it to operate correctly I don't know what my problem is it loads into my system tray and when I try to use it beeps and nothing happens so I uninstalled it and the folders still remain so I detect that maybe this is the problem I dont know I would love to use the program but it is buggy

#519024

Hi devrexster. I've been playing around with DExposE2 and, though I've found a bug with the background wallpaper (mine is in mosaic/tile mode, but your app paints it stretched).

Anyway that's not what I want to talk about

While writing WinExposé I found that using linear interpolation for the animation didn't make it as smooth as I wanted and perceived with Mac OS X screen casts.

I guess you're probably using something like this:

DWORD start_time = GetTickCount( );
DWORD end_time = start_time + user_settings.slide_duration;
do {
	DWORD delta_time = GetTickCount( );
	if (delta_time > end_time) delta_time = end_time;
	float delta = (float)(delta_time - start_time) / (end_time - start_time);  // so, here is a transition value between 0.0 and 1.0
	// bla bla bla
} while (delta_time < end_time);

Can you implement a suboption in Expose Method / Slide to do something like this?:

	// ...
	float delta = (float)(delta_time - start_time) / (end_time - start_time);  // so, here is a transition value between 0.0 and 1.0
	delta = -cos(delta * M_PI)*0.5 + 0.5;
	// ...

This is what WinExposé is currently using, and at least to me it looks smoother than just linear interpolation.

#519141

@Matonga

I will try to do the cos function

BTW, can u explain breifly how u r stopping the animation midway if I click on a window while the animation is taking place ?? And whether u know how to screenshot windowblinds borders (applying a bit of transparency ??) ?? Thanks.

#519187

Nice release, this round I just had the chance to try the portable version out.

#519221

Great new release ^^. Good Work

#519228

@Matonga
I will try to do the cos function
BTW, can u explain breifly how u r stopping the animation midway if I click on a window while the animation is taking place ?? And whether u know how to screenshot windowblinds borders (applying a bit of transparency ??) ?? Thanks.

I have a question about Windowblinds:

Does anybody know why Mac OS X Tiger wbtheme by Steve Grenier doesn't have the borders issue when minimized?

just try it and you'll see

#519237

hey so I've been using your program and I really enjoy it, but I'm having one small problem.

I have two monitors, a 19" at at 1220x1080 and a 24" widescreen 1900x1200 monitor. When I hit the hotkey to expose the programs, the bottom part of the screen isn't effected. All of the exposed progs. are shown over a dark blue background, but its cut off near the bottom, its kind of hard to describe, I can take a screenshot if you need.

#519239

@Matonga
I will try to do the cos function
BTW, can u explain breifly how u r stopping the animation midway if I click on a window while the animation is taking place ?? And whether u know how to screenshot windowblinds borders (applying a bit of transparency ??) ?? Thanks.

I can't remember about animation midway code, and didn't bring the code with me (I'm currently on vacations, using the wifi connection offered by the hotel).

But maybe you can do this:

In each loop, call GetAsyncKeyState:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646293(VS.85).aspx

With VK_LBUTTON as parameter.

Then if the left mouse button is pressed just exit the loop earlier. For example:

// Maybe the user didn't release mouse button yet

// (launching DExpose through a shortcut or dock icon

// in immediate mode or through a clickable hot-key

// script) so take this situation into account

BOOL pressed_before = GetAsyncKeyState (VK_LBUTTON) & 0x8000;



while (loop) {

	if ((GetAsyncKeyState (VK_LBUTTON) & 0x8000)) {

		if (!pressed_before) {

			break;

		}

	} else {

		pressed_before = false;

	}

	// ......

}

#519270

@zequihumano, what version of WB are you using? It probably has to do with WB5 and beyond supporting window border frames that allow for transparency/alpha-you-name-it, this skin was probably released before that.

@amarpatel, you should probably take that screenshot

#519284

ok I uploaded a screenshot of the monitor I'm having problems with aspect ratio is changed though, I made the picture more square but its really widescreen

#519295

ok I uploaded a screenshot of the monitor I'm having problems with aspect ratio is changed though, I made the picture more square but its really widescreen

If you're using my Work Area app, schmrom's DesktopBar app, or any other app to reserve a region of the screen, then try temporarily disabling the app, maybe it is interfering with DExposE. Also try setting DExposE to also hide the start menu bar.

#519325

thanks for the advice, I don't think I'm using any apps that would reserve an area of the screen. I tried disabling every other non-essential program I had running (incl digsby, objectdock, windowblinds, no luck though)

#519348

ok so I just tried disabling my secondary monitor, and everything worked out fine

maybe it has to do with the fact that the resolutions of the two monitors are differnt?

#519349

the latest update rox!

but there seems to have a problem.

I am using RKLauncher, I use the 'hide all' feature then it shows the desktop and launcher.

once i hover onto the launcher and out of it, the 'hide all' feature disappears (showing back the windows)

is this problem face by anyone else?

#521819

Hey, I used to use DExpose back in Sept 08 but that was back before I knew the project was being picked up again. SO I found the forum and there were updates. I went to the new download page and there are 3 version to download. Standalone, Final, and Installer. Can any of you guys tell what's the difference between the 3 of them? I have Vista SP1 32bit. And also does this work well with XWindowsDock? Thanks again!

#524034

hi, thanks a lot, I'm a lot less jelous of mac users than before! ;-D

is there a way to stopp the f11 key of showing the desktop?

I'm using Firefox, and Firefox would go fullscreen with f11, but now does nothing.

Instead i get to see my desktop. As far as I know theres no way to change that key in Firefox, so

is there a way to change it in Dexposed? (I tried the choose hotkey menu, but after I changed it the f11 key still brings up the desktop)

Thanks a lot

Milton

#524131

Thanks a lot for this program. For some reason I am having some crashing issues with DExpose2 though. The times it does work, it works great. Would you mind taking a look at the issues I am experiencing?

This is what the DrWatson log looks like:

Application exception occurred:
App: D:\programs\dexpose2\DExposE2.exe (pid=1500)
When: 22/04/2009 @ 00:19:29.001
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)
*----> Module List <----*
0000000000400000 - 000000000048e000: D:\programs\dexpose2\DExposE2.exe
0000000000550000 - 00000000005a2000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\SHLWAPI.dll
00000000005b0000 - 0000000000810000: D:\programs\dexpose2\d3dx9_29.dll
0000000010000000 - 000000001000f000: D:\programs\dexpose2\DExposE2in.dll
000000004dc30000 - 000000004dc5e000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
000000004dd60000 - 000000004df08000: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.3790.4278_x-ww_AD682293\gdiplus.dll
000000004e010000 - 000000004e1b6000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
000000006da60000 - 000000006da66000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
0000000075490000 - 00000000754f5000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
0000000075e60000 - 0000000075e87000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\apphelp.dll
0000000076920000 - 00000000769e2000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
0000000076aa0000 - 0000000076acd000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
0000000076b70000 - 0000000076b7b000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
0000000077670000 - 00000000777a9000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\ole32.dll
0000000077b90000 - 0000000077b98000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\VERSION.dll
0000000077ba0000 - 0000000077bfa000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
000000007c8d0000 - 000000007d0cf000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\SHELL32.dll
000000007d1e0000 - 000000007d27c000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll
000000007d4c0000 - 000000007d5f0000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\kernel32.dll
000000007d600000 - 000000007d6f0000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
000000007d800000 - 000000007d890000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\GDI32.dll
000000007d8d0000 - 000000007d920000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\Secur32.dll
000000007d930000 - 000000007da00000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\USER32.dll
000000007da20000 - 000000007db00000: C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\RPCRT4.dll
000000007dbd0000 - 000000007dcd3000: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\WOW64_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.3790.3959_x-ww_5FA17F4E\COMCTL32.dll
000000007dee0000 - 000000007df40000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL
000000007df50000 - 000000007dfc0000: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
*----> State Dump for Thread Id 0x5e0 <----*
eax=06b5e000 ebx=04498200 ecx=00000004 edx=00000000 esi=0449a000 edi=06b5fe00
eip=00419b83 esp=002df894 ebp=002df89c iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010202
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for D:\programs\dexpose2\DExposE2.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for D:\programs\dexpose2\DExposE2.exe
function: DExposE2
00419b65 ec in al,dx
00419b66 83ec08 sub esp,0x8
00419b69 897dfc mov [ebp-0x4],edi
00419b6c 8975f8 mov [ebp-0x8],esi
00419b6f 8b750c mov esi,[ebp+0xc]
00419b72 8b7d08 mov edi,[ebp+0x8]
00419b75 8b4d10 mov ecx,[ebp+0x10]
00419b78 c1e907 shr ecx,0x7
00419b7b eb06 jmp DExposE2+0x19b83 (00419b83)
00419b7d 8d9b00000000 lea ebx,[ebx]
FAULT ->00419b83 660f6f06 movdqa xmm0,oword ptr [esi] ds:002b:0449a000=????????????????????????????????
00419b87 660f6f4e10 movdqa xmm1,oword ptr [esi+0x10]
00419b8c 660f6f5620 movdqa xmm2,oword ptr [esi+0x20]
00419b91 660f6f5e30 movdqa xmm3,oword ptr [esi+0x30]
00419b96 660f7f07 movdqa oword ptr [edi],xmm0
00419b9a 660f7f4f10 movdqa oword ptr [edi+0x10],xmm1
00419b9f 660f7f5720 movdqa oword ptr [edi+0x20],xmm2
00419ba4 660f7f5f30 movdqa oword ptr [edi+0x30],xmm3
00419ba9 660f6f6640 movdqa xmm4,oword ptr [esi+0x40]
00419bae 660f6f6e50 movdqa xmm5,oword ptr [esi+0x50]
00419bb3 660f6f7660 movdqa xmm6,oword ptr [esi+0x60]
(...)

Is there any more information you need?

#527132

F10 & F11 keys are needed in Visual Studio (debugging), so is there any way to disable them?

#527152