Thanks to Yohannes Wijaya’s Twitter Post about Sticky Windows last night, I have been introduced to what I will call my newest “best friend of OS X”. I will exuberantly add my enthusiasm about the app to their already growing list of accolades. The newest installment of this little app takes your windows and “sticks” them to the sides of your screen, taking them out of the way of your work but still giving you quick access to their most essential functions. A well worthwhile addition to the list of Essential Apps here at iBAM. There’s also a great little flash movie on the home page that shows the app in action.

Here’s a snippit from their home page:

Say Hello to the brand new Sticky Windows 2.0
Sticky Windows is an application for Mac OS X Tiger which extends the tab browsing experience to the Desktop. Sticky Windows shrinks your windows into tabs when you drag a window towards the edge of your screen. Providing you with a completely clutter-free workspace. By clicking on the tab the user can show and hide the window.

The tab can be created by dragging a window on any side of the screen (more than one screen configuration is supported too). When the mouse reaches the margin of the screen a tab will appear.

To remove a tab, simply drag it away from the screen edge. If the window is not currently visible when the tab is dismissed, the original window is re-displayed on the screen.

What’s new in version 2.0? (released on April 6th 2007)

• Tabs Types: “Manual” or “Automatic”
• Tabs support drag & drop of files
• Completely new style and new visual effects to provide better use experience
• Completely new code base, more reliable and faster than version 1.x
• Universal App: works with Intel & PPC Macs

How does it work?
Sticky Windows keeps track of all the windows which are visualized on the Desktop, as soon as the user drag a window, and the mouse reaches the edge of the screen, Sticky Windows shows a tab corresponding to that window. Afterwards Sticky Windows “takes care” of the window and communicates to the Windows Server to show and hide it.

Is Sticky Windows CPU heavy application?
Sticky Windows has been designed to be light in CPU usage. You will seldom see it using more than 1% of your CPU. This is particular important for Powerbook/MacBook users that will be able to use it without worrying that it will drain their batteries.

All I can say is that this isn’t an app you should pass up and I strongly encourage you to pay the nominal support fee. It’s well worth keeping the developer doing what they do best! My thanks to Donelleschi for the great work!