16 May 2010
Divvy, A Window Manager for the Mac
05/19/10 14:49 Filed in: Technology

One area where Mac OSX is weaker than Microsoft Windows 7 is the movement and resizing of Windows. I really dislike the Green button on my Mac windows and the way you resize them.
Well, no longer. Divvy ($14) makes it easy to resize windows on the fly and to move them among multiple monitors. It uses a simple keystroke command to bring up a heads-up display that segments the monitor into 36 squares (6x6). You then select the squares that constitute the desired window size and placement and then Divvy will move and resize the active window. There are user-defined shortcuts in Divvy that make it easy to add full screen, 50% left, 50% right, etc. It is now in two days a critical part of my daily workflow.
I recommend that you take a look at this movie that does an excellent job describing the product. http://mizage.com/divvy/videos/divvy-screencast.mov
I highly recommend Divvy.

