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DESCRIPTION
Right Zoom utility is created for people who don't like a default behaviour of green Zoom button in Mac OS X programs. This small program changes its behaviour, so a green button will always maximize your windows to all available screen space instead of inconvenient resizing. You will also be able to maximize the active window with Command + Option + E keys (can be customised).

The program changes a behaviour of most annoying examples of inconvenient zoom button behaviour (Finder, Safari, MS Office, Pages etc). You can easily extend this list with your own applications.

You can customise it to expand the windows with Option key pressed only, or use your own hotkey to expand windows to a full size.

More options are available to customise. Hold Cmd key on program startup to configure its options.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.63:
  • Better multiple monitors support, options can be always invoked by double-clicking the icon with Cmd key pressed.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6.

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Developer:BlazingTools Software
Downloads:19,809
  - Version d/l:3,484
Utilities:Desktop
License:Free
Date:06 Oct 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
*****
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Nov 5 2009

ALAN C.  Love the app. Can't believe Apple messed this up. However, one little quirk: Adobe Illustrator CS3 seems to have difficulty with it. With Right Zoom installed and running, Illustrator begins to hang up nearly every time you select something. The beach ball appears and it only hangs for a few seconds, but it is troublesome. Otherwise, this is excellent.  
(Version 1.63)

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Nov 1 2009

FAERYJANE  I've just installed this app and it's fantastic, especially as a former Windows user!! I've been looking for something like this since I bought my Mac 2 years ago! So, thanks!

My only problem seems to be that even though it maximises on the right hand side, it always leaves about 2mm on the left hand side, even when I use it on a screen that has already been manually maximised. As it happens, this has been an issue from day dot with Safari, that whenever I open it, no matter that I have dragged it to maximise the screen in my last session, it always opens a little to the right. Any suggestions would be appreciated!  
(Version 1.63)

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Sep 14 2009

CODEMASTER  why not read a guide to find out that there ARE options available  
(Version 1.62)

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Sep 13 2009
*****

ORION MK. V  Works great. Easy to use with no config, but nice to have the options.  
(Version 1.62)

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Sep 13 2009

ERIC  Click on the app ... and doesn't load ... nothing happens ....

10.5.6  
(Version 1.62)

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Sep 9 2009

STAR-AFFINITY  Please help me fix the stupid zoom-button behaviour of iTunes 9 and bring support for Snow Leopard! :)

Apple – give me a break with your inconsistent zoom-button behaviour! :P  
(Version 1.61)

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Sep 13 2009

THE GRAPHIC MAC  Actually, iTunes 9 DOES make the zoom button behavior consistent. Prior to version 9, it did something no other window did.  
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Sep 14 2009

STAR-AFFINITY  In what way is it consistent?

Or maybe it is consistent, but in a non-logical way.

At least it makes no sense to me nor to any of the others I've discussed the behavior with.  
(Version 1.62)

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Sep 9 2009

MSTIELAU  I really like this app. Here's hoping the developer updates it for Snow Leopard.  
(Version 1.61)

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Sep 5 2009

NORAA  Doesn't seem to work with Snow Leopard :(  
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Mar 29 2009

SPRINGHEELMAC  This is one OS X enhancer I can't live without. Just one thing, how do you get to the screen to configure it? (Not to sound like a total TOOL but I can't find it.)  
(Version 1.61)

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Mar 31 2009

CODEMASTER  Hold Cmd key when you run the program  
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Mar 28 2009

LAINSNAVI  I don't know if it's possible, but I'd like to be able to set a modifier key to enable it when clicking the green button instead of just all the time or a keyboard shortcut. For example option-click the green button to expand to fullscreen. Clicking it normally would maintain the default OS X behavior. This would make it act like how it used to be in the days of OS 9.  
(Version 1.6)

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Mar 29 2009

CODEMASTER  Yes, that's a good idea for the next update! Thanks.  
(Version 1.6)

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Mar 29 2009

CODEMASTER  it's done now  
(Version 1.6)

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