Comments on: Flip3D vs. Expose

By: aak

aak — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:13:10 +0000

Flip 3D looks nice, but I never use it. I always either use alt + tab, or the taskbar at the bottom .

By: paulo

paulo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:15:31 +0000

What I don’t get is this whole need of self-affirmation going on with Mac users. We’re all glad for you.

By: Danny Sedor

Danny Sedor — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:30:37 +0000

Unfortunately I would have to convert to a Mac to catch up…not this year. Vista serves me well.

By: Josh Walsh

Josh Walsh — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:24 +0000

@Ryan. Well put… I’ll get Danny converted one of these days

By: Ryan Heneise

Ryan Heneise — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:56:05 +0000

@Danny – for the record, videos and animations also keep playing in Exposé.

Of course, Vista just figured this out. OS X is on to bigger and better things (http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html)

By: Danny Sedor

Danny Sedor — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:48:29 +0000

@ Josh: Agreed. The thumbnails are also full-motion. If there is a video playing on one, or a download diallogue box, the animation/video continues in the thumbnail. Kudos to Vista (Oh my, did I say that aloud?)

By: Josh Walsh

Josh Walsh — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:11:44 +0000

@Bonnie: Actually we talked about that very thing today at the office. I must commend Vista on an improvement to the taskbar. The thumbnail views on hover are helpful.

By: Bonnie Domeny

Bonnie Domeny — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:44:14 +0000

I’m new to Vista and I’ve rarely used the Flip3D. I thought that was what the task bar was for! I’ve never seen Expose, but the screen shot looks good.

By: Josh Walsh

Josh Walsh — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:49:31 +0000

@Danny: I didn’t even realize you could use the arrow keys. Thanks for pointing that out. You can also also cycle by pressing the tab key repeatedly… as that’s intuitive

By: Danny Sedor

Danny Sedor — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:41:57 +0000

Although I have yet to encounter an instance where I have actually needed to use the new Flip3D interface (that I previously thought was the "Aero Experience"), I have found that it is much easier, from an interface standpoint, to use the Up and Down arrow keys rather than the mouse wheel (which some users don't even have).

In my opinion, I like the Mac version better. :Ooops, Did I say that out loud?: