Filed under: Software, Productivity, Universal Binary
Sticky WIndows 2.0: universal and more
We last mentioned Sticky Windows over a year ago, and now finally the window clutter tab utility has finally been updated to version 2.0 as a universal binary. Sticky Windows allows you to create a tab from any window. You just drag the window to the edge of the screen and it shrinks down into the tab. You can then click on the tab to get the window back. Also new in version 2.0 are tab types: manual vs. automatic (all tabbed windows other than the foremost one automatically shrink) as well as drag and drop to the tabs (though this doesn't work with every application). The Sticky Windows site has an extremely slick flash movie that demonstrates what it does (notice the clock in the menu bar of the movie). I have to say, though, that I'm not that big a fan of the pink scaling visual effect that you see each time a tab shrinks or expands.Sticky Windows is $20 and a demo is available from Donelleschi Software.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nicolas said 4:41PM on 4-07-2007
doesnt work with pathfindern...
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Mat Lu said 5:03PM on 4-07-2007
It works fine with Path Finder on my machine.
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Ross said 6:20PM on 4-07-2007
I was waiting forever for this. Now if only he would make Cunning Fox Universal...
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Why said 6:28PM on 4-07-2007
Or just press F9, you should start a new category 'useless app of the week'
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Wysiwyg said 11:04PM on 4-07-2007
So, why paying 20 bucks for this is a thing i don't know, since you can hide your apps and access it directly from the dock...
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Riine said 3:20AM on 4-08-2007
Interesting little app. However, if the pink minimizing was customizable to a different colour to better suit our individual themes this would change me from 'not purchasing' to a 'maybe' because as one poster mentioned above, F9 works pretty damn well.
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Fraser Drew said 4:32AM on 4-08-2007
This is brilliant.... i downloaded it, tried it, and thought, wow, i need this... i am now the proud owner of sticky windows
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John Brissenden said 6:52AM on 4-08-2007
On paper this sounds like it doesn't do much that minimising windows doesn't already do. In practice it's potentially a great app, especially for those of us using 12" or 14" laptops. BUT...a) it's overpriced at $20; b) the windows corrupt after a while; c) some windows disappear as soon as you open them. Maybe start asking for money when it's no longer obviously a Beta?
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mfichtner said 7:55AM on 4-08-2007
Ugh, that pink is totally ugly. Uninstalled it right away.
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Leonard Nimrod said 8:03AM on 4-08-2007
I really like what this app does. The coder is very talented. But, like the others on this forum I think it's excessively overpriced and wish you could change the the "hot pink" color.
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Albert Martin said 2:49PM on 4-08-2007
I like the concept of the app ... but I absolutely hate the pink and the overall feel is not very Mac-ish. Being a professional designer I don't think I could live with the pink on an every day basis.
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Flyboybob said 5:30PM on 4-08-2007
If my memory is correct this was a feature of system 8 back in 1994. I can't remember if this feature was retained by Apple on system 9. Minimizing to the dock replaced this function when system 10 came out in 2000. I liked it in 1994 but I didn't use it very much because I usually only work on one thing at a time.
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Brandon Wardlaw said 8:19PM on 4-08-2007
This is something I really missed from the old Systems 8 and 9. I'm glad it's universal now! I was one of the first 100 users to get it for $5 off this morning :D
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Riine said 4:42PM on 4-10-2007
After using this program a little bit more I have to say that I do not like my windows turning to tabs just under the menu bar. Sometimes I like my windows to be right up against the menu bar and Sticky Windows turns them into tabs. Don't like this.
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