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WindowShade X - 3.0.1

haxie adds WindowShade & minimize-in-place

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All Time:	(4.3)
Version 3.0.1:	(2.8)
Selected Version:	3.0.1
Release Date:	2003-09-18
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 3.0.1):	5,795
Downloads (all versions):	5,073
Price:	$10.00

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Product Description:

WindowShade X is a haxie that brings WindowShade functionality into Mac OS X. When you double-click a window title or try to minimize a window, it will do action which can be different from the default Mac OS X behavior (putting the window in the Dock). WindowShade X has 4 alternative minimize styles: WindowShade, Minimize-In-Place, Make Window Transparent, Hide Application, and Do Nothing.

What's new in this version:

New actions to assign minimizations for: Command Key Pressed Twice and Control Key Pressed Twice allowing you to shade windows with your keyboard!
Window titles for Minimized-In-Place windows are now displayed below the MIP window if they would obscure the menu bar or go off the top screen edge.
Much better handling of smaller windows for minimizations (DragThing docks, for example).
Minimize-In-Place auto-alignment function now respects the Dock position and bounds.
Minimize-In-Place windows are being auto re-arranged when you expand one of the minimized windows.
Fixed a bug with Canvas� 9 not being properly shading windows with WindowShade X.
Fixed an issue with QuarkXPress 6 disabling its menus if you Minimize-In-Place one of its document windows.
Fixed a bug with iChat still showing tooltips if the Buddy List window is minimized-in-place.
Fixed a bug with MYOB AccountEdge rendering tab controls inoperational when Control Center window is minimized-in-place.
Fixed a bug with iCab crashing if you click it's Dock icon when its window is MIPped.
Fixed a bug with drawer window reappearing on minimized windows if you have hidden and shown back the app with the minimized windows (Cocoa only).
Fixed an issue causing Classic Window Management by Robb Timlin not work in the Carbon applications.
Fixed a bug causing some Java applications to crash when expanding a minimized window (IntelliJ IDEA).
Fixed an issue with the Help button not working in the Preference Pane.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher (Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" support coming in the future as a separate free update)

Feedback Summary:

Version 3.0.1:
Overall Rating:	(2.8)	Features:	(2.9)	Support:	(2.2)
Ease of Use:	(3.2)	Quality / Stability:	(2.9)	Price:	(3.5)

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Disappointing Customer Service - Version: 4.3, 10/18/2009 07:21AM PST

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akasrp2

As a paying customer it doesn't seem like it's a big stretch to expect an answer when I ask when I can expect the product to work with the latest Mac OS.
(Cut and Paste your email reply, Unsanity - better yet, spend 5 minutes once every week or so, while you are having your AM coffee, to update the product page with your progress)

If Unsanity is too busy to update/address their customers - then perhaps they don't deserve them.

Upshot: Apple needs to rework this feature back into the OS/GUI.

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Disappointing Customer Service

Unsanity's communication policy :-( - Version: 4.3, 9/29/2009 01:22PM PST

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MacOO7

Whether we like it or not this is Unsanity's official communication policy taken from one of their blogs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Note: Please do not post comments and/or send emails asking about the present and/or future of things not mentioned in this post. Such comments will be moderated, deleted, or edited. When we have something to say about other products, it will be posted, and not a moment before then. Asking us about ETAs just ends up wasting both of our time. Apologies for taking such a harsh stance, but the only thing we would tell you is "it'll be done when it's done" and we're trying to prevent a repeat of the tens of thousands of comments/emails we've received asking for an ETA. Any kind of timeframe or ETA we could possibly give will be wrong and users get very disappointed when ETAs are missed. That's the nature of ETAs, they are always wrong. And due to the fact we won't release something before we feel it is ready, any ETA is even more likely to be missed."

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Unsanity's communication policy :-(

Unsanity's communication policy :-(

They just don't care... - Version: 4.3, 9/26/2009 01:51AM PST

orlandobob_dotmac

I have written to Unsanity several times re Snow Leopard compatibility, and like everyone else - NO response.
It's hard for me to believe they can't get it together enough to update the app. If they wanted to, they would.
It's obvious they don't care, but I can't understand why.