i just found out something basic in windows 7 i had never known about...

[purbeast0]

you know that little show/hide desktop button down in the bottom right corner?

well i was just dragging a window around and had many windows open behind it, then i just wiggled my hand fast while i was dragging the window, and it did the show/hide desktop behavior. then if you let go of the window, then grab again and wiggle your hand quickly again, it will then bring back your windows.

nice fact for the day!

 

[DigDog]

there is a huge suite of hand motions you can have for windows, a friend used it back with XP. it takes a boatload of time to learn, works but not always .. i don't really see the benefits.

 

[purbeast0]

there is a huge suite of hand motions you can have for windows, a friend used it back with XP. it takes a boatload of time to learn, works but not always .. i don't really see the benefits.

i could possibly see it being nice on laptops with a touchpad, but that specific one i don't really get.

i use gestures all the time on my macbook and it's second nature now. i'm nearly as productive on my macbook using multiple desktops as i am on a desktop with multiple monitors. alot of that has to do with gesturing.

 

[pete6032]

Not sure if faster than Windows key + m shortcut but it definitely works.

 

[IronWing]

you know that little show/hide desktop button down in the bottom right corner?

well i was just dragging a window around and had many windows open behind it, then i just wiggled my hand fast while i was dragging the window, and it did the show/hide desktop behavior. then if you let go of the window, then grab again and wiggle your hand quickly again, it will then bring back your windows.

nice fact for the day!

Doesn't work for me. Are you running Aero?

 

[Blackjack200]

Not sure if faster than Windows key + m shortcut but it definitely works.

 

[pmv]

you know that little show/hide desktop button down in the bottom right corner?

well i was just dragging a window around and had many windows open behind it, then i just wiggled my hand fast while i was dragging the window, and it did the show/hide desktop behavior. then if you let go of the window, then grab again and wiggle your hand quickly again, it will then bring back your windows.

nice fact for the day!

I found that feature annoying, probably because I unconsciously fidget as much with virtual objects as I do with real ones, so kept triggering it by accident.

 

[NoTine42]

I found that feature annoying, probably because I unconsciously fidget as much with virtual objects as I do with real ones, so kept triggering it by accident.

Same here. I'll be typing in one window, bump something, then everything disappears.

 

[Nashemon]

Not sure if faster than Windows key + m shortcut but it definitely works.

Two different functions. Aero Shake allows you to minimize all but one window. Windows key + M minimizes everything (Shift + Windows key + M will restore the windows you minimized). I use Aero Shake all the time when I have a ton of windows open and I want to access a file on my desktop (say for dragging into Google image search, or dropping a file into a folder. Using Windows key + M instead, I would have to hunt for the right window after minimizing everything. Then I just shake again and everything is back to normal.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Not sure if faster than Windows key + m shortcut but it definitely works.

This !

Or for just a momentary quick view, hover the mouse over the right corner of the taskbar for a moment.

 

[edro]

Cool gesture!
Doubt I will remember it, but it's nifty for the time being.

 

[tynopik]

I found that feature annoying, probably because I unconsciously fidget as much with virtual objects as I do with real ones, so kept triggering it by accident.

It's the devil

always accidentally triggering it, super annoying