As our desktop screen sizes and resolutions continue to climb, the old tradition of running the active application in a maximized window has effectively died. From the productivity stand point alone, having multiple applications remaining in view, if only a subset of the window, is a huge advantage when getting things done. For these power users what tends to happen is the constant dragging and resizing of application windows so that every thing is just so.
What if you could limit the max in maximize? If you are a user of Windows desktop gadgets you’ve probably realize that maximize causes the application window to expand over top/under neath your gadgets. It’s an awful over sight by Microsoft in my opinion.
MaxMax is a cleverly named Windows application that tucks away in your taskbar tray and affords the user to define a new application resolution when using the Windows maximize feature.
MaxMax’s configuration consists of just pixel padding definitions for the four sides of the desktop – these paddings are what controls the maximum size of the application window. By default, MaxMax pads 160 pixels on the right side which is enough to keep your Gadgets visible without any application over lap.
MaxMax is designed first and foremost to address the gadget issue but it’s flexibility allows for use in other scenarios that may require the user to keep a portion of their desktop visible at all times – perhaps a system log or event viewer application.
MaxMax can also be used to mimic the Aero feature in Windows 7 that causes application windows dragged to either side of the screen to maximize to the size of 1/2 the desktop resolution – effectively keeping 2 applications in full view with no over lap at one time.
MaxMax is freely available from the developer’s website and is compatible with both 32 and 64 bit Windows.
