Entbloess for Windows

User Reviews

• Make Windows feel more like Mac with EntBloess!

  CableguyTK1/22/2006

  Pros

  Very cool feature only seen in Mac now available for Windows through this program. <p>Very fast. <p> <p>It is exactly the same as TopDesk, only $2 cheaper. <p>Looks great on Windows. <p>Excellent idea.

  Cons

  Not free. But its cheap. <p>Can act rather slow on older computers.

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• Nice if multiple monitors were supported

  michaelsoft11/27/2005

  Pros

  Moderately fast (at least as best as can be expected from Windows not being optimised for this sort of thing) and easy to use. <p> <p>Plenty of keyboard shortcuts to choose from. <p> <p>Lots of settings to customize to anyone's liking

  Cons

  The one thing preventing me from buying this is the fact that it does not take multiple monitors into account. i.e. the windows in other monitors just kept refreshing over and over, and in addition were visible in the primary monitor's overview mode. A separate overview for each monitor would be more helpful I think. <p> <p>One other change I would make is to the titling. The text is not visible unless an outline is applied (which is the default) but it looks very cheesy. A slightly blurred shadow would keep it visible and make it look a little more professional. <p> <p>I would also have enjoyed an option to not have a keyboard shortcut for things (show desktop is WinKey+Spacebar, even though WinKey+D already exists...). The only way to "disable" the keyboard shortcuts is by making it so obscure you'll never use it (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+WinKey+0 or something)

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• To slow

  linders8/17/2005

  Pros

  Image quality is good

  Cons

  Horroble performance, mouse is choppy in exposed mode, and when I mouse over a window it nearly stalls. Mind you this is on a AMD64 3400+, 1 Gig ram, ATI 9700 Pro. <p> <p>The animation doesn't begin from the start - making a little jump, is a little confusing for the eye

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• Doesn't Work

  surferjr6/18/2005

  Pros

  Great idea if it would work, since it doesn't anything other than if you press F11 the windows maximize and minimize.

  Cons

  This program states that if you press F9 it will automatically arrange and size, and space your open windows on the desktop. When I pressed F9 all I got was a beeping sound, none of the other function keys except F11 works. ALso trying to use the mouse to have it show all applications all I get is a beep. You could say that microsoft's os is to blame, ? giving them the benefit of a doubt.

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• Best window switcher ever!

  mikedashg4/21/2005

  Pros

  Better then Expose! (in the customizability) <p>- HUGE amount of customizable settings <p>- Ability to Disable/Enable the program <p>- Quick startup <p>- Ability to clear resources <p>- Dynamic help window <p>- AND ability to turn off the dynamic help window. <p>- Ability to turn off/on system tray icon <p>- Ability to turn off/on program start on windows startup <p>- Ability to customize the "preview" options, gives you the ability to customize if it captures windows that it already has captured, capture all windows all the time, or none at all, or only ones that have changed size. This helps balance performance with functionality for all types of computer speeds. <p>- Ability to update foreground window, or at intervals <p>- Enable live previews or not <p>- Ability to adjust quality of captures <p>- Ability to turn off/on regions into account <p>- Ability to change screen captures method, "print window" method, or screen whenever possible. <p>- Change/Add background image, use desktop image, no image, OR background color <p>- Adjust spacing <p>- Ability to turn off animation, slide animation, fade animation, OR both slide/fade <p>- Ability to change font of title, shadow, outline, font color, etc. <p>- Ability to turn off/on hot keys and corners <p>- Customize minimized windows in FOUR different options: show caption bar only (MY personal favorite) <p>restore all, restore all AND THEN minimize, OR don't show at all <p>- 8 HOT spot locations! All corners AND in between corners. <p>- Hotspot delay control (Instant -> Delayed) to help with accidental activation <p>- Very smooth and and fast desktop hot key/corner

  Cons

  SOMETIMES I was able to control the program once all windows were shown. Which I thought was REALLY neat!! For example, I could tab between fields in certain programs, or go to next track in iTunes, or arrow down in my messenger buddy list. However sometimes the tab and arrow keys would tab or arrow through highlighting the captured windows. Not sure if this is a pro or con because it seamed very inconsistent. I thought it was really neat to be able to control the programs inside their screen captures. However I could only do it sometimes, and when I could, I could not tab or arrow between windows, which ALSO was a nice feature. Hmm! Couldn't decide if it was a pro or con, because it was not consistent. Both features were nice. I just wish it would do both at the same time, and all the time. <p> <p>I honestly could not find anything wrong with this! It's a great mimic of Expose. That said, one more con... It's not Expose! But it sure does a good job of it.

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• Time saver? RAM hungry. Problem uninstalling.

  jliberti2/10/2005

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  Uses much RAM. I frequently accidentally triggered it and it took over my desktop when I didn't want or need to be disturbed. I uninstalled it but I can't get rid of it.

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• Best of the best!

  1/12/2005

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  Everyone shoud have it!

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• Best of Breed at the Moment

  1/9/2005

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  I've tried several programs that try to emulate Apple's Expose on Windows and this one is currently the best one available, in my opinion. I've had no crashes or odd behavior with it and it really works well. The only downside is the high memory usage, but that doesn't effect me so much as I have 2 gig of RAM in my machine...

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• The best Expose clone.

  12/15/2004

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  Easily the best of the Expose clones, and the cheapest as well. Highly customizable, well thought out. Shame there may not be many, if any, future updates though.

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• Simply the best! Get it now!

  12/15/2004

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  There is not a better Apple Expose clone out there. Fully customizable, and looks and feels amazing. I use it all the time and never get tired of it! BTW, the c|net quoted price of $14.99 is now outdated, it is now back to $7.99 and worth every single penny and then some! Get this, you won't be disappointed.

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