Sunday, January 3, 2010

Windows 7 Aero

Microsoft shipped windows 7 with touch screen supporting features.Windows Aero is one of them, though it was present in Win vista Microsoft got it revamped with many interesting features in windows 7. Lets take a sneak peek into those features.
Aero peek: If you wonder what is this just over your mouse on any taskbar icon it shows a thumbnail preview of the running program .See the picture below.

1)Aero shake: I have already mentioned about this feature in my previous posts check here Aero shake .
2)Aero Snap:When you drag any active window  to the left or right side of your desktop it gets snapped occupying half of the screen on the coressponding side you dragged it

 You can also windows shortcuts to do this .Hold windows key and press left arrow key to snap the current window into left half .Hold windows key and press Right arrow key to snap the current window into right half .
3)Flip 3d  effect click this link Flip3d .This effect is an enhancement to alt+tab function.You can have this effect by holding ctrl+windows key and pressing tab or scrolling your mouse wheel.
4)Maximised windows still retain thier transparency  .
5)It is now possible to turn off windows shadows.
All the above features work only if you are using windows Aero themes.
Do disable Windows Aero right click on the desktop and choose personalize option,scroll down until you see normal themes select them thats it Aero feature will be disabled.

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