Missing Vista Ultimate component

[vetteguy]

Back in one of the beta releases there was a feature that let you show all of your open windows in a large thumbnail-type view, but they were still active. I'm not talking about Flip3d, and I don't mean the standard Alt+Tab, but it was a distinctive interface. When I installed the retail version of Ultimate, it wasn't anywhere to be found. A friend says his installation of Ultimate has it, however, and he says that somewhere he saw it referred to as "InstaView". A quick search shows nothing by that name. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[BBowermaster]

Maybe you are thinking of Instant Viewer, which is a feature of Intellipoint?
Edit: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/features/instantviewer.mspx

 

[vetteguy]

I guess...although that's still not what was in the beta that I had. Thanks.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: vetteguy
I guess...although that's still not what was in the beta that I had. Thanks.

It must have been an early beta. I don't remember seeing that in even Beta 2.

 

[Extelleron]

Could this be what you're talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vista_Flip_2d.png

 

[BBowermaster]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Could this be what you're talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vista_Flip_2d.png

That's the standard alt tab, which he said:

Originally posted by: vetteguy
I'm not talking about Flip3d, and I don't mean the standard Alt+Tab, but it was a distinctive interface.

 

[vetteguy]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Could this be what you're talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vista_Flip_2d.png

No, this was definitely a whole-screen interface that showed thumbnails. I know I'm not crazy, I'm tempted to re-load the beta just to see what it was called.

 

[Aberforth]

Live Thumbnails? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Livethumbnails.png

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: vetteguy

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Could this be what you're talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vista_Flip_2d.png

No, this was definitely a whole-screen interface that showed thumbnails. I know I'm not crazy, I'm tempted to re-load the beta just to see what it was called.

Are you sure you're not just confusing that with an IE feature that does the same thing?

 

[vetteguy]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: vetteguy

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Could this be what you're talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vista_Flip_2d.png

No, this was definitely a whole-screen interface that showed thumbnails. I know I'm not crazy, I'm tempted to re-load the beta just to see what it was called.

Are you sure you're not just confusing that with an IE feature that does the same thing?

Pretty certain...I know it showed active desktop windows. Oh well.

 

[zig3695]

i dont get it. if your friend has it, why can you just ask him how to use it, and what its called?

 

[drag]

Sounds similar to Expose effect from OS X. Maybe they didn't include because it would look like a blatent rip off of Apple.

It'll scrink the windows and it will update them realtime.. so if you have the text scrolling or a video playing then it will play it in realtime.
Here is it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p6D0r7r_zo


I found this after a quick google around "vista expose effect"
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-...ac-osx-expose-clone-for-windows-vista/