wow, what a neet idea...21 years ago...

[acroyear]

I just saw a commercial for a "feature" of Windows 7, where one can easily put two windows side-by-side.

Here's a little thing you can try:

• open my computer
• open my documents
• open at least 2 other explorer windows such that they all end up as a single item in your task manager bar
• now go to that item and right-click
• see "tile horizontally" and click it

(you can also do it by opening up a number of MS Word or Notepad instances)

yeah, you already have the feature, just a little inconvenient since it doesn't kick in until you get enough items together to form a "group".

that basic layout feature, cascade, tile vert, tile horiz - has been around since Windows 2.0.  We used to fidget with it on the demo machines they had set up in the school bookstore @ JMU, as besides solitaire (this was before minesweeper), it was the only useful thing to do with them at the time.

the only thing that has changed is now that almost every (new) monitor is widescreen, the stupid 21 year old feature of automatically tiling windows next to each other actually is useful for a change.

so for one rare moment, Microsoft was actually ahead of the game rather than 2 years behind it.  good for them.

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[thelongshot.livejournal.com]

I think the actual new feature is that the windows can now "snap" to the edge of the screen. Unless it is another commercial you are talking about.