PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities • Hacker News Board

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by dukeofdoom » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:14 PM UTC

megaman821 wrote: post #13

azalemeth wrote: post #2

Many, if not most of these tools contain functionality that is built into other major OSes, and had been for a long time. I don't really understand why Microsoft doesn't include them by default.

That is not true. I use both Windows and Mac a lot and I have about an equal number of OS level plugins. * PowerToys Awake - Amphetamine * PowerToys FancyZones - Moom * PowerToys Run - Alfred * EarTrumpet - Rogue Amoeba SoundSource * Windows Terminal - iTerm * QuickLook - Mac Native Functionality * Nothing for Windows - HazeOver * Windows Native Functionality - Bartender * Snipping Tool - Clean Shot X

Do you know of one for ImageResizer?

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by tveyben » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

frutiger wrote: post #19

nickjj wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Number 2 is fun, I get a call from relatives at least twice a year because their screen was rotated 90 degrees from a keyboard shortcut that was hit when a cat walked across their laptop when the lid was left open. The crazy thing is it's happened 4 times now.

> The crazy thing is it's happened 4 times now. So it should be back to normal!

Spot on !!!!

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by tveyben » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

Forge36 wrote: post #18

nickjj wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Number 2 is fun, I get a call from relatives at least twice a year because their screen was rotated 90 degrees from a keyboard shortcut that was hit when a cat walked across their laptop when the lid was left open. The crazy thing is it's happened 4 times now.

Is that a Windows feature? I know Intel's graphics driver does Ctrl+alt arrow. It can be turned off.

It it’s the default config - thus 99% will have it enabled…

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by megaman821 » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

dukeofdoom wrote: post #61

megaman821 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is not true. I use both Windows and Mac a lot and I have about an equal number of OS level plugins. * PowerToys Awake - Amphetamine * PowerToys FancyZones - Moom * PowerToys Run - Alfred * EarTrumpet - Rogue Amoeba SoundSource * Windows Terminal - iTerm * QuickLook - Mac Native Functionality * Nothing for Windows - HazeOver * Windows Native Functionality - Bartender * Snipping Tool - Clean Shot X

Do you know of one for ImageResizer?

For Mac; select the images you want, right-click, select tools, adjust size.

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by philliphaydon » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

foobarchu wrote: post #27

philliphaydon wrote: post #20

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Considering the 2nd most used desktop OS is MacOS and you can’t even maximise a window properly out of the box…

Double clicking any unused portion of the title bar will maximize a window within it's current space without going full-screen (the green button). It's not the most intuitive way to do it, but that's a far cry from being impossible out of the box.

Sorry. Double clicking doesn’t consistently maximise. Half the time it resized vertically only. So it’s not a far cry from impossible out of the box.

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by philliphaydon » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

tveyben wrote: post #59

philliphaydon wrote: post #20

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Considering the 2nd most used desktop OS is MacOS and you can’t even maximise a window properly out of the box…

Did you try to Alt-click on the green button?

It’s the same feature. Zoom. As it’s called in MacOS. And it resizes vertically only most of the time.

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by jcrben » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

I found that IT at work wouldn't let me install powertoys because they didn't like the Awake feature. Please bundle these in of allow us to install them one by one.

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by spookthesunset » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

gjvc wrote: post #56

no_time wrote: post #16

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I was about to say "because of the maintenance burden and separation of core and extra features" but then I remembered that half the stuff they added since win2k is borderline useless.

win2k was peak windows; all it needed was 64-bit support and cleartype

And support for high DPI displays, and Bluetooth, and modern Wi-Fi, and probably a bunch of other stuff I’m forgetting!

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by AmVess » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

iamkroot wrote: post #5

Wait, is this an official MS utility? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ Why aren't these just bundled by default??

I tried a few of them and they flat out didn't work. I guess MS has decided its OS already has too much garbage.

Re: PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

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Post by spookthesunset » Sun, May 08, 2022, 4:25 PM UTC

skeletal88 wrote: post #46

foobarchu wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Double clicking any unused portion of the title bar will maximize a window within it's current space without going full-screen (the green button). It's not the most intuitive way to do it, but that's a far cry from being impossible out of the box.

Yes.. but how would I know it had I not read about it here? I have to use macs at work and it's filled with "WTF?" moments. Like why the hell would I want to make something fullscreen with the green button on the window title bar, when coming from linux/windows I expect it to maximise the window.. and window maximising is done by some weird incantation. Installing of applications is done by dragging them into some pl…

You just kind of get used to it. Each OS has its own quirks. Some of them start to make sense as you “grow into” the new OS…