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You asked: "What the hell where they thinking when they came up with that name?"
Hey, a few other languages besides English exist on this planet. And you may have heard that some people are even able to understand (and speak) more than one language.
So if monolingual people can cope with the French "Exposé", so may be they can handle a German "Entbloess" too. IIRC they already use Über-words, and Gedanken-experiments, and send their kids to the Kindergarten...
And "Entbloess" is really cute because the difference between "Entbloess" and "Exposé" is like the difference between Windows and Mac :-)

Sorry can't resist spelling it out...

'And "Entbloess" is really cute because the difference between "Entbloess" and "Exposé" is like the difference between Windows and Mac :-)'

translation: one is awkward, unintuitive, but used because people just don't know better. The other is svelte, elegant, and smooth?

Yay for self deprecating software!

There's a windows XP powertoy that displays a little iconified version of the window in question when you alt-tab. From the microsoft powertoys web site.

I *hate* the alt-tab powertoy. It is evil, it changes the behavior of alt-tab to display the current window the first time you press alt-tab instead of moving to the next window. What were they thinking?

Well, 'entbloess' is for those who live in that part of the world that does use UTF 'entblöß' and more maps to 'expos' than 'Exposé' because 'entblöß' is not a proper german word.

WinPLOSION was been out for a year and a half and is a much more stable version of "Expose" than entbloess.

http://www.winplosion.com/overview.html

I just installed Entbloess -- in addition to the "Expose effect" being aesthically pitiful and much slower compared to real thing on OS X, it barfs on multiple monitors.

Why it feels the need to restore all the minimized windows whenever it triggers the effect is beyond me...

Stephan, "entblöß" is a proper German word: "Entblöß dich nicht in der Öffentlichkeit." It's the imperative form: "Expose yourself".

See http://makeashorterlink.com/?B277623D9

Yeah, I agree. I love Entbloess. It has a great name, plus, it is very reliable, reasonably priced, and fast relative to all the other switchers on the market. Plus, it works on both 2k and XP which is very rare. Its my top choice. Check it out: http://www.entbloess.com/

Quite pathetic it is - stealing another firms ideas. But it fits the whole non-quality cheat steal and lie Microsoft-philosophy. If you like exposé why not simply switch to Apple next time you think about buying a PC - exposé comes free of charge, together with the rest of the most advance operating system this side of the universe.

http://www.apple.com

Oh and Apple users don't get hacked by there OS system provider...no virusses either..and they have ipods..and it has designers... cheers

give me a break, nice UI and some good enhancements isnt a reason to shift to a new OS

every PC person admits, Apple does UI really well but doesnt mean we want to ure their OS, we only want the UI

give me a break, nice UI and some good enhancements isnt a reason to shift to a new OS

every PC person admits, Apple does UI really well but doesnt mean we want to ure their OS, we only want the UI and that is perfectly fine

I must say, that after a few tweaks (get rid of the fading, that's really taking speed, and fiddle a little with the preview-options too), this software is pretty cool. And for 8 USD? That's good! Really, Entblöß s the first PC thing I've seen that comes close enough to Exposé (in both speed and esthetics), for me to keep it in use.

And for Mad McGunn: Neither OS is perfect, and it's a needless discussion to try and figure out which one is less perfect than the other. So why switch an entire OS if we can enhance the one with great features of the other?

Cheers // EP

P.S. I had no problems with the Alt+TAB order. Did they update the program?

Entbloess is cool but it does'nt work on multiple screens... so i go for winplosion...

Maczealots are brainwashed morons.

just a small point; if you wanted to change apps without looking, how in the HELL was an expose type effect (a spacial, visual app switcher) going to be of any use to you?

very beautiful

The problem with both of these products is that they work by making a picture of each window, then shrinking it down. The Mac takes the actual windows and shrinks them down directly. The Mac way saves time (especially with many windows open) and mucho mucho memory. Also, with the mac approach, the windows continue to update - a cool but ultimately unnecessary feature.

I have two Windows machines and a Mac, and I am looking for an Expose for Windows clone. These come pretty close, but are simply not as usable right now. Credit the authors, though, because I think they are quite limited by way the operating system displays windows.

Well, if they use the PrintWindow API, the same effect will be had. Check out "Visual Task Tips" and "TaskSwitchXP Pro"... both uses PrintWindow API, and I can see my WinRAR progressing with them.

iEx is better and *FREE*:
http://www.oxygen-inc.com/premium/InsaniSoft/iEx.htm

I think the closest pronounciation to the original would be 'entblues'

well...
that's what the internet's like.. lot's of talking less of knowing. First.. in OSX there is a thing called CoreImage, means gui-effects like exposé are accallerated by hardware. So they secondly don't even have to build in the feature keeping window-contents up to date. It'a really just shrinking so why would you add code to stop the windows from updating. And third it is THE ultimate way to handle lot's of opened windows.. haven't seen anything better yet.
Those winXP clones are pretty nice too. I'd go with iEx cause it's free and skips the animation-stuff so it's faster too. But I did figure out that it won't work with multiple photoshop-windows opened (CS3)(...Exposé does).
And the idea is OF COURSE just copied... but who cares?

Cheers

PS: Germany rocks!

http://www.grg-software.com

no crashes, freeware, shows all windows including minimised ones. (updated)
give it a try

the grg thing doesn't work with dual monitor setup... crashes

Just a quick note to all the mac lovers in here. those nice little animated docks and desktop gadgets that make the ui look so cool were actually taken from stardock apps for the win98 os. hmm whos stealin whos ideas now eh.... ps macs dont get hacks or viruses because there in the minority unless you own a print firm

Well that's kind of an old fashioned opinion.. you don't necessarily have to own a print firm.. music-studios use them as well as motion-picture-studios, photographers and designers in general. Mac's for design :P It is that way because it offers a much better work-flow than a PC does.
Back to the "stealing"-thing: true, things like docks and gadgets might have been there before apple used'em in osx but they actually BOUGHT those ideas.. that's a little diffrent from stealing right? Also they invented the f&%§ing gui so in the first place.. so on. Also the only thing talked about here is exposé which is definately an apple-invention. Furthermore there are no hacks or viruses because osx is a safe os. So it's just not that easy to do a hack on osx than it is on windows.

Cheers

Winplosion = $30?!?

Are they high?

wao super cool

Andre,

the French term 'Exposé' does NOT translate to the German 'entblößt'. The *ENGLISH* term 'Exposed' translates to 'entblößt'. Those latter two words mean barren, stripped, de-nu-ded. (broken in syllabes because "comment could not be submitted due to questionable content: nu-de")

The French term, on the other hand, translates better to "displayed, shown" (like Ausgestellt).

So, let's use our common sense rather than gesunder Menschenverstand. At least because it's easier to read :-)