SplitView has been very popular lately, and more and more people with bigger and bigger monitors are finding it very useful to work with multiple apps at a time.
We have been very buzy in making the next update of SplitView, and this update is ‘pretty huge’ in terms of the features added.
We’ve added support for title bar buttons in SplitView - what that means is that you no longer need two mouse clicks to reposition your windows. Splitview will add it’s own buttons on the window title bar, next to the minimize, maximize and close buttons. It is best seen than talked about:
Clicking the Splitview buttons automatically re-positions the windows. And yes, XP themes are supported.
A great deal of options have been added for customizability, including customizable keyboard shortcuts, extra menu items, options to exclude certain apps if needed, etc. The user interface is also greatly improved, with slick new icons and dialogs.
While we’re working on the finishing touches, why don’t you give the Beta a try and let us know of any kinks that you notice, and any bright ideas. We’re eager to hear your feedback!
SplitView 2.1 Beta can be downloaded from: http://www.splitview.com/Beta/SplitView.msi
This is a time limited Beta that will expire in 30 days.
Very Nice Program!
An option to disable the resizing “animation” (to skip interpolated window sizes) would be great to speed things up on apps which need much processor power/time to redraw themselves after an resize!
Currently the shortcuts only work on window types that have the splitview buttons enabled, but i actually never need the buttons. (But i need the shortcuts)
Please discouple function from the buttons!
As I use only the shortcuts, alt/win + 12346789
It would be great if:
Alt/Win + 5 maximises a window
Alt/Win + 0 minimizes it
Alt/Win + , restores it to original size
totally customizeable shortcuts would be even better
But im very happy that the 2.1 beta isn`t bound to Alt shortcuts anymore, which made it totally unuseful (it killed the back and forward shortcuts of many apps (e.g. browsers))
Thank you, Marcus!
Your feedback is certainly valuable, and you’d be happy to know that some of it has made it into the Final product!
The Keyboard shortcuts have been enhanced to maximize/restore and minimize windows. In fact, the Beta had the hidden setting of maximizing windows with Alt/Win + 5!
The new shortcuts are:
Alt/Win + 5 maximizes or restores windows appropriately
Alt/Win + 0 minimizes window
A setting for turning off window animations has been added.
The keyboard shortcuts should work on all windows irrespective of whther the SplitView buttons are shown or not.
Thanks again for the valuable feedback!