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Winsplit Revolution is a small, free application for Windows operating systems designed to help position and organize the user's windows with the use of keyboard shortcuts. The application is useful efficiently managing windows on computers with large, or multiple LCD displays with quite a bit of screen real estate. Winsplit revolution works by dividing the monitor up into predefined regions (quadrants, halves, thirds, etc.) and the user can send a window to any region (or another display) with a user-defined keyboard shortcut. The default settings use the numeric keypad to be isomorphic to the associated window location. For example, "CTL+ALT+9" sends the current window to the "upper-right" quadrant, and "CTL-ALT+4" will send the window to the "left-half" of the display. Winsplit Revolution is available as a free download and is licensed under a Creative Commons license. The current version is v8.06, as of June 5th, 2008, with the first release v1.0 first available on February 5, 2006.

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Pros:
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Very efficiently manage windows on large/multiple displays
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Easy-to-remember numpad shortcuts
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Pressing numpad shortcuts cycles between 2/3, 1/2, 1/3 window widths
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User-defined shortcuts
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Free software
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Fairly small application footprint
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Define custom regions as of 8.06
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Cons:
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When sending a window to other desktop it should be mirrored, a window on the left of the left monitor should move to the right of the right monitor
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Can't define custom window regions
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Example keyboard shortcuts

  • CTL+ALT+numpad: sends windows to the equivalent quadrant or half
    • pressing the combination multiple times resizes the window width from 2/3, 1/2, 1/3 of the display size
  • CTL+ALT+0: memorizes the position of the current application for future instances
  • CTL+ALT+left/right: sends the window to the left/right display
  • CTL+ALT+M: Mosaic
  • CTL+ALT+F: Windows Fusion
  • CTL+ALT+C: Close all windows
  • CTL+ALT+Page Down/Page Up: minimize/restore window

v8.06

With the June 5th, 2008 release of Winsplit revolution, the application will begin using the Ubuntu-like convention of vYEAR.MONTH version number scheme. Previous versions were given version numbers in a more traditional vX.Y format with the last release being v1.9 in that format.

The new version most notably has implemented two features: 1) a custom layout manager, and 2) the Drag'n'Go feature. The layout manager allows the user to define custom regions rather than relying on the built-in regions, whereas the Drag'n'Go feature allows users to use the mouse in conjuction with the CTL+ALT keys to drag a window into a defined region. This feature is the basic premise of GridMove.

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Manufacturer WinSplit Revolution
Price $0.00
Release Date Feb. 5, 2006
Software Type Productivity

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Created: 06/04/2008 - 11:24
Modified: 06/25/2008 - 18:03