JONANGUS  Was just about to buy WindowShade X. Since I soon intend to shift to Snow Leopard you've stopped me in my tracks. Many thanks for the warning.  
(Version 4.3)

KNOWHOWE  My pleasure. Well, not really. It's a bloody disgrace isn't it?

COME ON developers- please do us, and yourselves, a big favour and sort this out. How hard can it be? (actually, I have no idea how hard it wold be, but you get my well-intended point I hope).

I've had SL installed for months now and I'm still bloody double-clicking on title bars...  
(Version 4.3)

EASER  Excuse me, but if you read several comments below yours, you'll see that a few months ago, I offered to contact developers to see if they'd be willing to provide some competition. What I needed were responses from people who might be willing to donate to that cause. (And I would have helped set up whatever would make donors feel safe about the matter.) And a mere 3 people responded. And despite such a paltry response, I still contacted several developers to try to stir up interest. Nada. That tells me that most people out there simply do not care about this. Certainly, Apple does not care. I eventually opted to stick with Leopard because I find windowshading indispensable to how I work.   
(Version 4.3)

EASER  If only. Alas, do you know of any other windowshading programs out there? Apple won't do it. If you read further down these comments, I offered to try to find other developers who might do it; they won't. If you want to windowshade, Unsanity has you by the b@lls.  
(Version 4.3)

KNOWHOWE  "MacUpdate should revise the requirements for Unsanity products like WindowShade X to state that their products are NOT compatible with Snow Leopard."

More to the point, MacUpdate should take the trouble to read the all the reviews here from pissed-off customers and tell Unsanity to either get their fingers out and release an update or pass the code on to someone who can OR face being banned from publicising their products on the site in the future. We don't come here to be messed around and lied to.  
(Version 4.3)

EASER  Never mind. Found an old version, tried it, should have known better. I will now go into meditation to try to unfix my obsession. It's obvious I must learn to live without this.   
(Version 4.3)

DONEBYLEE  I agree with the sentiment.

I would vote for Paul Kim, developer of Hazel (http://www.noodlesoft.com). Or Jon Nathan, developer of Dialectic (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/).

Both of them have always been very responsive and helpful and, from what I have seen of their interaction with other developers, very honorable.  
(Version 4.3)

EASER  I will wait one week for replies, then compile the list of names and contact them. Let's see if others have a similar response.  
(Version 4.3)

JULIFOS  I use to be trusty, but I must agree with EASER with two facts: no news or plans at Unsanity and the transition to Leopard was very long and frustrating, so short in the time the living of the last release of WS!

And one more with DONEBYLEE: it's so ***** useful...

I don't know either if this is a good idea, but I'd be willing to pay a new license for the same task in every OS release!  
(Version 4.3)

DEVASKA1  I can't live without this program ugggg! I'd be willing to donate some $ to the brave soul who can make window collapsing in Snow Leopard a reality....

Thanks

devaska1  
(Version 4.3)

EASER  Hmm, the dearth of responses here suggests that either no one is using Snow Leopard, no one is using WindowShade, or no one cares. Nonetheless, I contact the developers who were nominated. I also contacted the guy who makes Dark Adapted. He's done some work for me in the past and is very good. I'll let you know if any of them reply.  
(Version 4.3)

EASER  Sorry guys, it's not going to happen. I contacted the developers you suggested as well as a few others, and all seem to agree that this is just too nasty a type of project to take on. I can't believe that Apple can make expose but not a simple window shade. Heck, I can even windowshade Windows with shareware.   
(Version 4.3)

STROB  Many people may not have switched to SL yet to respond here. I would participate since I just bought a MBP in addition to my Tiger PM which apparently has just done broke. Thank you Apple.

WindowShadeX was invaluable and I would contribute $. Apparently even the Unsanity installers don't work anymore on SL.  
(Version 4.3)

LONSMAN  Great ideas!!! Just having the window close to a bar with a double-click would be more than sufficient for most of us. Indispensible. I ABSOLUTELY NEED this capability. (Curse you Apple for ever abandoning this feature and going for a Windows look, far inferior.) I'd defin. kick in some dough. anyone come forward yet??  
(Version 4.3)

EASER  Indeed, it is of immense value to be able to momentarily collapse a window to read info. underneath it. I do this when working between my budget spreadsheet and online bank statement. Expose is nifty but nowhere near as functional. I assume Apple's been contacted about this numerous times.  
(Version 4.3)

DONEBYLEE  I have emailed Unsanity and of course I never received a reply.

You would think that they would have at least some mention of the problem on their website, but no.

No replies to customers. No stated acknowledgement that their product was rendered unusable by the latest OSX update. No timetable for a fix.

No nothing.

I wish Windowshade X weren't so d@^^*d useful.   
(Version 4.3)

EASER  They don't even mention the existence of Snow Leopard. Surely, can there not be some other developer(s) out there who see the demand and need for window shading? They'd likely make a small fortune.  
(Version 4.3)

DONEBYLEE  You can also double click on the title bar to minimize.

I find it faster.  
(Version 4.3)