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Snap Any Window to Half the Screen Size in Windows 7 [Windows 7 Screencast]
Lifehacker — We're on a Windows 7 screencast bender! You've already seen Windows 7's Aero Shake and Peek features today, but another useful drag-and-dropper is the ability to resize any window to half the size of your monitor and dock it to the left or right side of the screen. In an earlier screencast you saw that dragging a window to the top of the screen maximizes it. Following that, if you drag a window all the way to the left or the right of the screen, Windows 7 will display a glass overlay on the desktop. Let go of the mouse button and it will snap the window onto that overlay, which is half the screen's ...

Windows 7 User Interface Videos
SolSie.com — Windows 7 User Interface Videos In the videos we shared with you yesterday, Microsoft developers showed the new taskbar along with 2 nice gesture features with Windows 7. Here we find them a little more in details. Aero Shack: If you want to focus more on the single active window, just grab the title bar with your mouse and give a slide back and forth movement, the windows in the background will fade out. Another shack will bring them back. [Videos courtesy LifeHacker ]   Snap Windows in half screen size: With the widescreen, a common thing that people do is to have 2 windows side-by-side. This snap ...

Get Windows 7's Best Features Right Now [Windows 7]
Lifehacker — [image] If you're tired of hearing about Windows 7's upcoming features while you sit and stare at your aging XP or Vista desktop, take solace in a few free apps and themes that can give you a taste right now. While it's true that Windows 7 isn't much different from Windows Vista (inside and out), a few neat features are worth trying out, and you can do it without installing the Windows 7 Preview. Here are a few free apps and alternatives that simulate Windows 7's built-in features. Pin Items to Your Taskbar [image] Windows 7 lets you pin programs and documents to your taskbar (instead of or in addition to creating shortcuts on your desktop). However, ...