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Windows 7 was really when Microsoft took a bunch of features that had been in Linux display managers for ages (tiling, window snapping) and added them to their
by ginko 5y ago
Windows 7 was really when Microsoft took a bunch of features that had been in Linux display managers for ages (tiling, window snapping) and added them to their own OS.
- nguyenkien 5y agoI don't think Microsoft copy Snap from Linux. I use Ubuntu 8.10, and it doesn't have snap, I do try KDE4 and it also not has anything like Snap
- ginko 5y agoXFCE had it for ages
- nguyenkien 5y agoWhat ages we talk about? Because Windows 7 also aged.
- ginko 5y agoLike 2000 and earlier ages: https://web.archive.org/web/20000619002010/http://www.xfce.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000619002010/http://www.xfce.o...
- nguyenkien 5y agoThe "Windows snapping" in early Xfce version mean to stick the windows together or with the screen edge (Doesn't resize the window). It doesn't work like the snap on Windows 7. The name is similar, but the function is different. This is a patch for Xfwm4 to make it work like Windows 7 (2012) https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/xfwm4 https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/xfwm4
- marcodiego 5y agoActually me and friends made fun of windows user when windows 7 was released. Most of those effects were things we had on compiz for a few years but with MUCH more power.
- dataflow 5y agoMeanwhile it only took 3 decades for Linux folks to realize it's not a crazy idea to want to open a handle to a process and wait for it to exit.
- fomine3 5y agoWin7 taskbar was also excellent copy (or improvement) of OSX Dock.
- salamandersauce 5y agoI think Aero Snap was originally shown off first as a Windows 7 feature when they announced it but was quickly duplicated by Linux DEs before it even launched.