Tag Archives: aerosnap

New Look “Aero-Snap” Coming To Ubuntu

Although the Ubuntu 11.10 development cycle has already seen an improvement to Ubuntu’s “aero-snap” feature by way of a throbbing golden effect, an improved and more visually-informative animation could yet find its way into Oneiric before release.

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The little things that matter: Unity’s new grid animations

I’m a sucker for detail.

In yesterdays update to Ubuntu 11.04′s Unity interface the Grid plugin (read ‘aero snap’) for Compiz added some animated ‘effects’ when being invoked. Read on to see them in action and why I think they’re more than just simple ‘bling’…

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“Aero snap” in Ubuntu Unity [Video]

Bye bye inelegant hacks to achieve ‘Aero snap’ style window management in Ubuntu, and hello Unity + Compiz with it’s very own ‘edge snap’ plugin.

Watch it in action inside.

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Enable mouse gesture Aero Snap effect in Ubuntu

Enable aero-snap functions in Ubuntu using nothing more than your mouse thanks to this simple tutorial by Misterpah who has kindly let us publish it here. The background After being impressed with gesture-based features in Apple products Misterpah wondered: ”Does Ubuntu have Gesture recognitions?” Better still he thought “I would love a Mouse Gesture Recognition application.” After [...]

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Get Aero Snap in Ubuntu

Ubuntu users can get a the cool functionality of Windows 7’s “Aero Snap” with a few copy’s and a few pastes thanks to an awesome tutorial on the UbuntuForums by forumer gotsanity. Props and cookies go to him for this. What Is Aero Snap And Why Should I Use It? For those who don’t know [...]

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