Put the knife down and take a green herb, dude. (c) Ruffin Bailey 2001-2021

The new Snap in Windows 10 is nice. I'd been using WinSplit Revolution for years, through Windows 8 even in spite of the fact that it hasn't been supported for years itself. Its old URL seems to have a squatter now, pushing you to buy a new windows manager that's pay to play.

Snap isn't a horrible replacement. It does allow me to throw things to secondary monitors, etc, and position windows in at least seven different positions -- four corners, half screens split vertically, and default window. That plus Alt-Space, X means I've got most of what I miss.

What I hate, however, is the Snap Assist after you make a window fill half your screen, where Windows 10 decides you also have to pick the window that you want to display on the other half of your screen. This page says Microsoft said the following...

When arranging two windows side-by-side, we noticed in practice that this scenario frequently involved snapping the first window and then spending time wading through other windows on screen to find the second one to drag and snap. This insight lead us to ask: instead of making you hunt for the second window to snap, why not present a list of recently used windows up front? This is the fundamental idea behind Snap Assist in Windows 10.

No, no, heavens no. What a pain. I was starting to commit Windows-DirectionKey, Esc to memory, so it was high time to google a fix.

Luckily the fix is easy. Window, "Settings", Multitasking, and...

Now we're cooking.

It probably has something to do with the new i7-4790K and SSD, but wow, after a good, solid day working on it today, I really like Windows 10 so far.

Labels: noteToSelf, win10, windows

Got this message at my outlook account Friday, and just noticed it today:

It's time to upgrade to an even better Skype experience on your Windows 8 device. Your current version of Skype is being replaced by an app called Skype for Windows desktop. It has more features to help you stay in touch like screen sharing and group video calling. Also, your chat conversations (from the last 30 days) and all your contacts will appear as normal after upgrading.

Ouch. I thought Win10 was going to be more "Metro" friendly, somehow maintaining backwards compatibility with apps written fro Win8, but this is making me wonder if the migration path goes back through the desktop.

In other fun, whoever came up with the mbox format wasn't on top of their game. It's hard to imagine in the days where SGML and XML are passé that any non-clearly delimited storage format could gain so much practical acceptance. Wow.

Labels: email, mbox, win10, win8, windows, xml

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Friday, January 15, 2016
Built-in AppBarButton icons You can see them here. Or in a giant image here (click the image for full-size): Labels: noteToSelf, uwp, win10 posted by ruffin at 1/15/2016 10:40:00 AM

Edge still default after Windows 10 upgrade Nice of Windows to ask me, in the advance settings during my Windows 10 upgrade on my ThinkPad, what I'd like to use as my default browser, and then decide that I'm wrong. Edge is the default in each of my logins, even though I selected Chrome. Not a huge deal, and easy to fix, but it does make you wonder what other choices Windows 10 decided to ignore. In my best interest, I'm sure. Labels: fail, win10, windows posted by ruffin at 1/15/2016 09:11:00 AM

Monday, January 04, 2016
Turning off the assist in Snap Assist, Windows 10 The new Snap in Windows 10 is nice. I'd been using WinSplit Revolution for years, through Windows 8 even in spite of the fact that it hasn't been supported for years itself. Its old URL seems to have a squatter now, pushing you to buy a new windows manager that's pay to play. Snap isn't a horrible replacement. It does allow me to throw things to secondary monitors, etc, and position windows in at least seven different positions -- four corners, half screens split vertically, and default window. That plus Alt-Space, X means I've got most of what I miss. What I hate, however, is the Snap Assist after you make a window fill half your screen, where Windows 10 decides you also have to pick the window that you want to display on the other half of your screen. This page says Microsoft said the following... When arranging two windows side-by-side, we noticed in practice that this scenario frequently involved snapping the first window and then spending time wading through other windows on screen to find the second one to drag and snap. This insight lead us to ask: instead of making you hunt for the second window to snap, why not present a list of recently used windows up front? This is the fundamental idea behind Snap Assist in Windows 10. No, no, heavens no. What a pain. I was starting to commit Windows-DirectionKey, Esc to memory, so it was high time to google a fix. Luckily the fix is easy. Window, "Settings", Multitasking, and... Now we're cooking. It probably has something to do with the new i7-4790K and SSD, but wow, after a good, solid day working on it today, I really like Windows 10 so far. Labels: noteToSelf, win10, windows posted by ruffin at 1/04/2016 09:00:00 PM

Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Ouch, even Microsoft is abandoning Metro Got this message at my outlook account Friday, and just noticed it today: It's time to upgrade to an even better Skype experience on your Windows 8 device. Your current version of Skype is being replaced by an app called Skype for Windows desktop. It has more features to help you stay in touch like screen sharing and group video calling. Also, your chat conversations (from the last 30 days) and all your contacts will appear as normal after upgrading. Ouch. I thought Win10 was going to be more "Metro" friendly, somehow maintaining backwards compatibility with apps written fro Win8, but this is making me wonder if the migration path goes back through the desktop. In other fun, whoever came up with the mbox format wasn't on top of their game. It's hard to imagine in the days where SGML and XML are passé that any non-clearly delimited storage format could gain so much practical acceptance. Wow. Labels: email, mbox, win10, win8, windows, xml posted by ruffin at 6/23/2015 08:56:00 AM

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