Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
MaxTo saves screen space by maximizing windows apps to regions
by Brad Linder Apr 10th 2009 at 12:00PM
The problem is that you generally need to resize each window manually to make it fit, because Windows applications usually have maximize and minimize buttons, not "put in the upper right hand corner of the screen and take up 25% of my screen real estate" buttons.
MaxTo is a tiny (169KB) utility that makes things a whole lot easier by letting you split up your display into different regions. When you first run the application, you can create as many regions as you like on any display connected to your computer by splitting your screen horizontally or vertically. You can also drag the lines splitting your screen .
Then, as long as the program is running, you can click the maximize button in almost any application and it will maximize to the region where it's hanging out, rather than taking up all the space on your monitor. For example, if you split your screen into a left and right section, if you drag a window to the right and then click maximize, it will only take up the right half of your screen.
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rancid-lemon said 1:29PM on 4-10-2009
I use winsplit revolution to achieve this. Works perfectly, even over dual monitors no set up required. Not sure on the size though, if this is drastically smaller might be worth giving it a go....
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fincan said 1:29PM on 4-10-2009
Is there any software like this to use on Linux, especially Gnome?
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Raeon said 2:43PM on 4-10-2009
I used to resize all my windows manually, but this app is so much more convenient. It serves my needs better than WinSplit Revolution.
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psycros said 4:12PM on 4-10-2009
So it basically does what you could do by right-clicking "tile windows" on the taskbar. Thats...good, I guess. Ah heck, I may try it.
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Stephen said 6:22PM on 4-10-2009
This could just be an issue with windows 7 but for me, all it did was stop my windows from maximizing, nothing happened when I clicked the button but hey windows 7 has it kinda built in
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