The original statement on this was that this type of feature is not yet implemented in Windows, and will most certainly be in the next major Windows version. I would clarify that the reason for this is that Microsoft appears to be working toward a display system similar to Quartz, and will then be able to take advantage of that by adding this type of GUI functionality, among other things. But now, it is impossible. With Expose "tiling," the windows actually *scale* down, so each window still shows its full contents. A user can continue to keep an eye on a video playing in one window, say watching for an edit point, while watching to see if a web download is finished, and at the same time dragging a file from one Finder window to another, or to an email, or other application.
Of course, there are already umpteen ways to do things, but this one is one of those many features of Panther that falls under the category of "really nice touch." Like being able to open and save MS Word files with Text Edit, or the view by thread implementation in Mail, etc. Many of these features are so well thought out and implemented, that it is difficult to describe how nice it is until you have used it for a while.
Tim
On Dec 18, 2003, at 3:36 AM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 04:26 AM, Phil Daley wrote:
>This is not about hiding windows or arranging windows, it's about _finding_
>windows.
I never lose them, must be a Mac thing.
Not a Mac thing. I'm on Mac, and I too cannot visualize why I should be so excited about Exposé.
I'm on Mac OS 10.2 (relatively recently), and I can easily find any window by right-clicking the application on the Dock and then choosing the window from the popup menu. I don't see why that's any harder than taking the mouse to a hot spot and then selecting from among the mini-windows. I'm not sure what is meant by "losing" one's windows. Do you not know what you've got open? If you've forgotten that it exists, how do you know to look for it?
Maybe some day it will make sense to me, as Johannes suggests. In the meantime it's just one more clever UI feature to add to the pile. OS X already has umpteen different ways to do things. So long as I can find the one I like (and I already have), I don't care if there's one more.
I wonder if this isn't like our recurring Speedy-vs-Simple discussion.
mdl
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