What is miniMIZE? miniMIZE is a small desktop enhancing application that catches windows that you minimize and puts a thumbnail of the main application window on your desktop.
It is a clone of an application called MINt, started by Kapsules developer Andrew Powell. Unfortunately MINt was discontinued and so I began work on miniMIZE. The internal development name was chosen as Deskcon.
Donations Many thanks to the following people who have donated to help the minimize project. I really appreciate it and will use the money to support the development of this and other free applications.
Ability to change start position of thumbnail placement
Ability to change direction of thumbnail placement
miniMIZE now cleans up after crashed applications
Changing the default window level no longer affects current thumbnails
Access to miniMIZE help from the context menu
Fixed window level from being lost on restore and re-minimize of a window
A number of fixes for strangeness that appeared when Explorer crashes
Also, I think I have fixed the bug that made miniMIZE not work for some people and where it stopped working after an indeterminate amount of time. I'm not 100% sure about this because none of my testers has had this problem, but I strongly believe that this is now fixed. If you have ever had problems starting miniMIZE, please try this release so I can confirm this fix.
Downloads Downloads for miniMIZE are working and can be found in the miniMIZE download area.
Screenshot This screenshot shows some thumbnails and the miniMIZE tray icon (Click the image for a larger view)
System Requirements miniMIZE currently only works on Windows XP.
Forum Post bug reports, comments and feature requests in the forum.
IRC Channel I am normally on IRC, so if you have some problems, comments or suggestions that you want feedback from immediately, you can find me in #minimize on freenode, or else you can click here.
Thanks Various people have helped me through the development of miniMIZE and I would just like to thank them:
Celeste Kew
Andreas Verhoeven
Andrew Kew
Andrew Powell
[BOT]FLUFFY
Geoffrey Elliot
johnDough
Kester Dobson
RaduKing
Skuggs
TychoQuad
Thanks to
for her help with the miniMIZE Logo.
Help miniMIZE:
If you like miniMIZE and would like to help with the development of miniMIZE, I would appreciate it if you would consider donating to help me purchase harware and software which I can use to develop applications. It is in no way expected and I will appreciate anything you may or may not decide to donate. Thanks!
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: This application is provided free without any warranty. While I have tried to make sure that it is bug free, I cannot be held responsible in any way for it not working correctly or like you expect it to. I also cannot be held responsible for any damage it may or may not cause.
