Download Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or newer

Purchase US $13.50

Mac OS X 10.5.x
Yes

Mac OS X 10.6.x
No

Please refer to the compatibility sheet for info and beta versions.

 

WindowShade X provides an exciting and useful way of organizing your work on Mac OS X. With this handy tool, you can assign the following actions to the minimize button and a double-click on the window title:

• Minimize the window to the Dock, like always;
• "Windowshade" the window into a tiny strip to quickly peek below or get it out of the way;
• Minimize-In-Place the window so it becomes really small so you can move it out of the way yet still see what is going on;
• Make the window transparent so you can continue working in it while seeing things under it;
• Hide the application quickly;
• Do nothing and ignore the action (sometimes it is quite useful as well).

These actions can be set on per-application basis so you can configure your workspace to be convenient for you - get more accomplished, and make it happen quicker!

^* Note: WindowShade X v3.0 and newer is NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.1. Please download version 2.1.2 if you are running Mac OS X 10.1. Please note that this version is unsupported.

^* Note: WindowShade X v4.0 and newer is NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.2. Please download version 3.5.2 if you are running Mac OS X 10.2. Please note that this version is unsupported.

	See WindowShade X in action - Four different minimization styles performed on a window (WindowShade, Minimize-In-Place, Make Transparent, Float on Top). (movie, 225K)
	One of WindowShade X minimization styles, WindowShade. (picture, 35K)
	Another window minimization style, Make Window Transparent. (picture, 37K)
	One of the WindowShade X preference pane sections to configure WindowShade X behavior. You can see how you can customize the behaviors. (picture, 23K)
	Another WindowShade X preference pane section where you can configure custom window shadow settings. (picture, 28K)
	Arrange Minimized-In-Place windows along the screen edge (picture, 72K)

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New in version 4.3:

• Improved support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard v10.5 and later.
• Fixed a bug with auto-ordering of minimized in place windows.
• Tweaked the interface of the preference pane.
• Other fixes.

New in version 4.2:

• The price of WindowShade X has increased from $10 to $13.50.
• Added support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard v10.5 and later.
• Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. WindowShade X now requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger v10.4.11 or later.
• No longer supports setting custom shadows. This feature never worked 100% properly in Mac OS X 10.4 and cannot be made to work at all with Mac OS X 10.5 without extensive rewrites
• Addressed a problem that could cause an infinite recursion and then a crash (the SUIS problem).
• No longer subjugates World of Warcraft.
• No longer uses CGSUniqueCString().
• MIP windows no longer appear below the bottom of the screen in 10.5.
• MIP windows now respect the Dock size in 10.5.
• Addressed a bug that caused a MIP window to expand into an invisible window when clicking on the Dock icon when all windows in the application are MIPped.
• Now allows windowshading of the iTunes 8 window when double clicking on the title bar.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when closing all windows (option click close widget) in Cocoa applications.
• Addressed an issue that rendered WindowShade useless in Firefox 3.x.
• Note: MIP does not currently work with Spaces.
• Includes APE 2.5, SCR 1.5, and UI 3.7.1.

New in version 4.1.2:

• Includes Application Enhancer 2.0.3.
• We strongly recommend upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.9 as it contains some essential system software fixes.
• Fixed some issues with Poser and Circus Ponies Notebook applications.
• Fixed some issues with Java applications (such as Azureus, for example).
• Misc small fixes.

New in version 4.1.1:

• Fixed an issue with "Press Control Key Twice" and "Press Command Key Twice" actions stop working under some circumstances.
• Fixed an issue with WindowShade X sometimes not enabling itself properly.

New in version 4.1:

• This update is free for all registered users.
• WindowShade X is now a Universal haxie, working on both PowerPC and Intel based Macs.
• Included the automatic version checker.
• When clicking on the application icon in the Dock, and all of the application windows are minimized in place or collapsed, one will be expanded by WindowShade X to prevent confusion.
• Fixed a bug that made Firefox windows unclickable after window shading.
• Fixed an issue with WindowShade X not working correctly with some Java applications.
• Redesigned the interface of the preference pane.
• Some other pending fixes.
• Includes Application Enhancer 2.0.2.
• Includes Smart Crash Reports 1.1.

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