Did you notice that the operating systems become similar over time ? It’s the same in the browser war, if one browser introduces a unique feature it will be copied and added to the other two browsers in no time. Expose is a feature of Mac OS X, a window management tool also called a task switcher. The tool provided Mac OS X users with three features: Expose all windows, Expose application windows and Desktop.
Expose all windows displays all windows on the desktop. Windows are minimized so that all fit on the screen. Expose applications does the same for one application and Desktop moves all windows off the screen so that they are barely visible.
Dexpose2 clones that Mac task switcher and brings that functionality to Windows. All windows are exposed when pressing the F9 key, all applications with the F10 key and the Desktop feature with the F11 key just like they are assigned on the Apple Macintosh.
The options are extensive. Users can change hotkeys, speed and layout and configure so called hotspots as well. These hotspots are four areas at the edge of the screen that automatically provide access to the features of Dexpose2. The time that is needed to activate the function can be configured in the options. If I wanted to immediately use the Desktop feature when moving the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen then I could configure this behavior.
The memory footprint depends on the amount of open windows and applications I think. It uses roughly 32 Megabytes on my system currently with several applications like Firefox open.
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i much prefer Bao Nguyen’s Switcher (http://insentient.net/). It uses Aero’s live screen updating to create live thumbnails much like when you mouse over a minimized window. It doesn’t completely clone Expose though it does bring some new functions to the concept. Memory usage is minimal – roughly 10MB for me.
Of course, you need to have Vista and Aero for this to run, but if you do it’s much smoother and offers similar functionality.
OK… Where can I get a program much like this one, but for XP? I am currently in the process of transforming my Windows XP SP2 into an OS X leopard… I have the finderbar, dock, icons, cursors, and shadows. I would really like to have this program but i have XP… not Vista… =’( So please help. You can send the URL to program downloads i should get to: schmiwes000@mead354.net
Any software with a small memory footprint immediately gets my attention :)
http://devrexster.deviantart.com/art/DExposE2-Expose-for-Vista-79083821
For those of you unable to download DExposE2 from Devrexster’s site… enjoy!
http://cid-6c5c67c526e55a78.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/WinMatrix/RELOADED.zip
Here is the location of full information to DExposE2:
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17657
Great site!
~Peace
hi, can someone help me? for some reason, i can dexpose spybot. it worked before, but for some resaon, it’s not working now. whenever i press f9, i can see spybot and other files/applications. however, i cant switch to spybot.
pretty cool utility, but flickers horribly when using it with dual monitors. too bad really.
Laptop connected to an external monitor (primary monitor) – DexposE2 uses the screen size of the laptop (13′) and uses only part of the the external monitor, leaving the bottom portion frozen (static) with whatever was opened. Otherwise, nice to play with.