dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (03/09/90)
In article <4197@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes: >> the ability to have windows associated with a >> running app disappear while in another app -- clicking on that app makes >> them reappear > >Wait for System 7.0. That will be in the Apple menu. Or at least beta >MultiFinders I have seen exhibit that feature. It's called "Put Away"... "Set Aside..." (from MultiFinder 6.1b*) is nice, but it may not be the same behavior. Sometimes, I'd like to say "only show me one application's windows at a time", but it would be nice to be able to mark applications with various types of behavior. Examples of attributes I would find useful: * Auto set-aside - Set aside the windows for the application when not the front application. * No rotation - Don't bring the application to the front as a result of clicking on the MultiFinder menu bar icon. * No window-clicks - Don't bring the application to the front as a result of clicking in one of its windows. * Stay back - Whenever the application is not in front, force it to the bottom. For me, Word, NCSA Telnet, and PowerStation would be great with auto set-aside, but things like _Launch would only be useful with no rotation and stay back. The spinning globe, multiruler, and navcom applications would be much more useful with no rotation, no window-clicks, and stay back (like applications in X that draw on the root window). -- David Elliott dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce (408)944-4073 "...it becomes natural, like a third sense." -- Homer Simpson
aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) (03/11/90)
In article <1990Mar8.181228.18711@smsc.sony.com> dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes: >In article <4197@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes: >>> the ability to have windows associated with a >>> running app disappear while in another app -- clicking on that app makes >>> them reappear >> >>Wait for System 7.0. That will be in the Apple menu. Or at least beta >>MultiFinders I have seen exhibit that feature. It's called "Put Away"... > >"Set Aside..." (from MultiFinder 6.1b*) is nice, but it may not be the >same behavior. Sometimes, I'd like to say "only show me one >application's windows at a time", but it would be nice to be able to >mark applications with various types of behavior. Just a note: If you hold down Option while choosing "Set Aside" in MF1.6bx, it changes to "Set Aside Others" and lets you, obviously, set aside all the other programs. What this does is simply hide their windows... If the program is really multifinder friendly, such as Smartcom, you can continue working (downloading, specifically) while you are working in another program. -- -=Alan=- aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (GurgleKat [Pete Gontier]) (03/13/90)
In article <1990Mar8.181228.18711@smsc.sony.com> dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes: >In article <4197@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes: >>> the ability to have windows associated with a >>> running app disappear while in another app -- clicking on that app makes >>> them reappear >>Wait for System 7.0. That will be in the Apple menu. Or at least beta >>MultiFinders I have seen exhibit that feature. It's called "Put Away"... >"Set Aside..." (from MultiFinder 6.1b*) is nice, Oh my. It's amazing the things that mistakenly escape my mind while I'm away from my Mac. Must be the 'IBM' stamped all over these terminals... -- Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills