App suggestion - slide out finder windows

blubbernaut · 07-18-2006, 08:17 PM

Does anyone know of maybe a third-party app that will bring back the slide out finder windows from OS9? There's very little that I miss from OS9 (aside from more conservative use of screen real-estate!), but I thought that was a great way of keeping certain finder/folder windows open, but out of the way.

trevor · 07-18-2006, 08:55 PM

Are you talking about windowshading? If not, where are the windows sliding out from?

You can get windowshading using Windowshade X.

Trevor

chabig · 07-18-2006, 09:01 PM

I don't remember what it was called, but in OS 9 you could drag windows to the edge of the desktop and they would "dock". Maybe they were even called dockable windows. It was cool trick, but I don't think you can do that in OS X.

Chris

cradom · 07-18-2006, 09:15 PM

DragonDrop - http://cs.oberlin.edu/~dadamson/DragonDrop/

blubbernaut · 07-19-2006, 01:55 AM

Chabig, that's it!

mmm, the DragonDrop is a nice try, but not really there for me. Great idea for having kind of spring-loaded drop boxes, but for standard finder windows that you tend to have open all the time, and just want the to slide away when not it use...it's not there yet. I'd like them to slide to the side as well, so as not to fight for space with the dock!

07-18-2006, 08:17 PM	#1
blubbernaut MVP Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,856	App suggestion - slide out finder windows Does anyone know of maybe a third-party app that will bring back the slide out finder windows from OS9? There's very little that I miss from OS9 (aside from more conservative use of screen real-estate!), but I thought that was a great way of keeping certain finder/folder windows open, but out of the way.

07-18-2006, 08:55 PM	#2
trevor Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Boulder, CO USA Posts: 19,550	Are you talking about windowshading? If not, where are the windows sliding out from? You can get windowshading using Windowshade X. Trevor __________________ How to ask questions the smart way

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07-18-2006, 09:01 PM	#3
chabig Hall of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,934	I don't remember what it was called, but in OS 9 you could drag windows to the edge of the desktop and they would "dock". Maybe they were even called dockable windows. It was cool trick, but I don't think you can do that in OS X. Chris

07-18-2006, 09:15 PM	#4
cradom Major Leaguer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: south-east texas Posts: 270	DragonDrop - http://cs.oberlin.edu/~dadamson/DragonDrop/

07-19-2006, 01:55 AM	#5
blubbernaut MVP Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,856	Chabig, that's it! mmm, the DragonDrop is a nice try, but not really there for me. Great idea for having kind of spring-loaded drop boxes, but for standard finder windows that you tend to have open all the time, and just want the to slide away when not it use...it's not there yet. I'd like them to slide to the side as well, so as not to fight for space with the dock!