Re: W/7 desktop: Where is this behavior set on/off?

[cj@heaven.org]

"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
news:8ekgt5lbo35prrrqeo9fbm9sg92stitvh8@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:08:47 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi, Al.
>>
>>In Win7, when we drag a window to either the left or right edge of the
>>screen, it snaps to fill that half of the screen. This lets us quickly
>>show
>>two open windows side by side. Dragging an open window to the top of the
>>screen snaps it to Maximized, filling the entire screen. After either
>>such
>>maneuver, we can use the Restore down button in the upper right corner to
>>return that window to its previous size.
>>
>>That is not exactly what you described. Is it what you meant?
>>
>>For more details, search for "snap" in Help and Support. (Start | Help
>>and
>>Support)
>>
>>RC
>
> I wonder what tiny percentage of people will find that snap feature
> useful? I've seen the commercials, and it looks downright annoying to
> me. Now you guys seem to say there's no easy way to disable it and
> that we have to work around it.

As a software developers it's nice to have two windows open at the same time.

I wish I could do two more: top/bottom center

 

[Scott]

cj@heaven.org wrote:
> "Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
> news:8ekgt5lbo35prrrqeo9fbm9sg92stitvh8@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:08:47 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Al.
>>>
>>> In Win7, when we drag a window to either the left or right edge of the
>>> screen, it snaps to fill that half of the screen. This lets us quickly
>>> show
>>> two open windows side by side. Dragging an open window to the top of the
>>> screen snaps it to Maximized, filling the entire screen. After either
>>> such
>>> maneuver, we can use the Restore down button in the upper right corner to
>>> return that window to its previous size.
>>>
>>> That is not exactly what you described. Is it what you meant?
>>>
>>> For more details, search for "snap" in Help and Support. (Start | Help
>>> and
>>> Support)
>>>
>>> RC
>> I wonder what tiny percentage of people will find that snap feature
>> useful? I've seen the commercials, and it looks downright annoying to
>> me. Now you guys seem to say there's no easy way to disable it and
>> that we have to work around it.
>
> As a software developers it's nice to have two windows open at the same time.
>
> I wish I could do two more: top/bottom center
>

It's also nice when reading a manual/tutorial on one side with the
software on the other side.