MacStories has covered a few window management apps, including Cinch, MercuryMover, and SizeUp. Today, we’re going to bring you yet another window manager, this time for those who can’t keep their hands off their clickers.
Zooom/2, despite its name, is a handy window manager that makes moving and resizing windows just a tad easier. It isn’t revolutionary, but it’s definitely worth taking a look at.
Instead of grabbing the corner of a window, you are given the option to move, resize, and maximize/minimize by holding a couple of modifier keys from anywhere in your target window. The demo is a little confusing though, since the default settings conflict with the instructions (just something to be aware of), and you’ll want to enable “Require mouse click to activate” to follow along. Other than this minor caveat, learning the app only takes 30 seconds to learn - and you’ll be happy you went through the demo.
Otherwise, I think this is a pretty cool app, but it’s a bit buggy. Magnetics didn’t always work like I wanted them too, so I left it off. The ignore list initially confused me, because I thought checking an item disabled that particular feature, rather than enabling it. Overall I think it’s pretty solid, it’s 64-bit compatible for Snow Leopard, and it features what the developer describes as “clean code” (although I thought hiding the dock icon required some kind of hack). Anyway, check out the video for a quick demonstration on it’s feature. Trust me, this one is short!
