Nathan W. Ho

So, ever since I made the move to the Mac operating system, there have been a few functionality features that I’ve really missed about Linux.  The first - windowshading - is the ability to “minimize” a given program window to just it’s title bar (and back again) with a double click or so.  I use Unsanity’s Windowshade haxie to gain this ability in Mac OS X (now that they’ve released a Mac OS X Leopard compatible version). But as great as Windowshade X is, it doesn’t have everything that I want.

The other major (related) functionality that I’ve missed was the ability to click-drag anywhere on a program window to move it around on the screen.  For instance, being able to click in the middle of a browser window and drag it to a new location.  Linux has had that ability for ages - but with Mac OS X, for whatever reason, I’ve been reduced to using the titlebar to move windows around (which works fine - but is a hassle).

Enter Afloat 2.  While this little app duplicates some of the functionality of Windowshade X, it ALSO gives you the ability to click-drag windows just like I want!

It’s even OSS / free, so hey - why not give it a shot?

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