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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: DougAdams on Jun 14, '06 09:06:00AM

This is a hint? Doesn't the appearance of a zoom button in the EQ window and a Control-Command-Z shortcut listed in the iTunes "Window" menu imply this is ordinarily possible?

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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: ever on Jun 14, '06 10:23:45AM

Nope Doug, it sure caught me off guard! It's a great hint! The zoom buttons are easily overlooked as they can be a rather unpredictable window management tool. For example in Calculator.app the zoom button has nothing to do with resizing the window, it toggles between calculator modes!



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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: robg on Jun 14, '06 10:46:15AM

My criteria for running somewhat-obvious hints is pretty standard, if not easily replicable -- I ask a bunch of buddies in iChat if they know what happens when you do what the hint specifies. If the vast majority are surprised by, or don't know about, the behavior in question, then I'll tend to run it as a hint.

I also lean towards running hints where something doesn't work as expected - we ran a similar hint for the iTunes 'mini window' many years back. The zoom button is a zoom button; it's not a "change how this window works button." So when content and layout change when you hit zoom, I find that surprising and hintable.

-rob.



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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: zpjet on Jun 14, '06 02:32:41PM

Ooh, I wish I was on your buddy list as somebody to ask if i knew what that green button in Equalizer does :)



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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: Mikey-San on Jun 14, '06 06:17:45PM
I came here to post this same sentiment. It's a minimize button. In other news, the one on the left closes the window.

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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: ever on Jun 15, '06 07:22:39AM

…and since when are 'minimize' and 'zoom' synonymous? :)



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Create a miniature iTunes Equalizer window
Authored by: jump420 on Jun 14, '06 09:10:43PM

it's a good tip for me. I didn't figure it out. thanks for the TIP!



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