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Have a dynamic animations for maximizing windows.

Submitted by hoopla_punta on December 24, 2008 to Aesthetics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGpN5hwOxR8&
See 00:25

When the Window maximizes, the border animates to stretch the screen and fades to a darker tone (which I wonder if it will be implemented.)

The content also resizes to match the windows, I don't think it is quite possible, but fading into white and fading back again is quite ok.

Have a dynamic animations for maximizing windows.

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Discussion (7 comments)

lipinho170 wrote on December 24, 2008, 2:58pm

DAMN, AMAZING VIDEO! I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS IN WINDOWS 7!!!!

Arayta wrote on December 24, 2008, 4:56pm

Sorry, that was only a concept video for Longhorn. Maybe they're saving all this stuff for the Midori project. I'd like to see how that unfolds.

Also, I'm surprised tino hasn't put this down yet. Shouldn't be much longer now I'm sure he'll get around to it.

hoopla_punta wrote on December 24, 2008, 5:20pm

@arayta: what do you mean by tino hasn't put this down?

Arayta wrote on December 24, 2008, 7:10pm

He'll say it's not a UX quirk then throw a hissy fit, saying how this is so impracticle or some other thing like that. I dunno, just wait until he comments, you'll see.

Soulburner wrote on December 24, 2008, 10:33pm

I always missed a maximize animation in Vista. This looks like not a bad idea.

3dman wrote on December 29, 2008, 3:51pm

That would be great to see effect for maximize.

pmbAustin wrote on February 15, 2009, 8:57am

It kinda makes you wish the Windows 7 team would have spent more time reviewing some of those old Longhorn concept videos, and tried to incorporate a little more of that stuff. The saved-searches and dynamic filtering abilities, as well as the graphical eye-candy.

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