fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Phred Dushin) (07/04/90)
I have an idea for an init. Could someone please make remarks about the feasability of it, or tell me whether it has already been implemented? Since the + and SE screens are low on real estate, and since the region occupied by the screen is a mere fraction of the graphable regions on the macintosh ( (32767*2)^2 ), why not create a "hide" box for each window, which moves a given window into a far off region of the mac drawing space. The window could effectively be left open (in case any window needs to catch any information coming in), and it could easily be retrieved, say, by a menucommand. That could free up a lot of space for those of us who have been left in the dark ages of the 9" monochrome monitor. It could even look like this: ________________________________________________________ | ____________________________ _________ __ ________ __ | ____________________________ | | | __ | | | __ | ____________________________ |___|___| __ |___| | __ | ____________________________ | |_| | __ | | __ | ____________________________ |___|___| __ |______| __ | | ________________________________________________________| Any ideas? Fred Dushin Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Internet: Bitnet: fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu fadushin@sunrise.bitnet
steve@uswmrg2.UUCP (Steve Martin) (07/06/90)
In article <3795@rodan.acs.syr.edu> fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Phred Dushin) writes: >I have an idea for an init. Could someone please make remarks about the >feasability of it, or tell me whether it has already been implemented? > >Since the + and SE screens are low on real estate, and since the region >occupied by the screen is a mere fraction of the graphable regions >on the macintosh ( (32767*2)^2 ), why not create a "hide" box for >each window, which moves a given window into a far off region of >the mac drawing space. The window could effectively be left open >(in case any window needs to catch any information coming in), and it >could easily be retrieved, say, by a menucommand. That could free up >a lot of space for those of us who have been left in the dark ages >of the 9" monochrome monitor. It could even look like this: Good idea, but this brings up another question (directed towards the Apple DTS folks): when is Apple going to release a "Real" version of the system with the 'Set Aside...' option in Multifinder? I find this feature very useful on my large screen Mac. Will we see a System 6.0.? with this feature? -- Steve Martin | Nothing I say can be held against U S West Marketing Resources Group | Me or my employer! (...uswat.uswest.com!uswmrg2!steve)
rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) (07/06/90)
In article <3795@rodan.acs.syr.edu> fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Phred Dushin) writes: > why not create a "hide" box for > each window, which moves a given window into a far off region of > the mac drawing space. The window could effectively be left open > (in case any window needs to catch any information coming in), and it > could easily be retrieved, say, by a menucommand. System 7.0 will allow an application's windows to be "hidden", allowing easier access to other app's windows. It doesn't allow you to hide some of an app's windows while leaving others. However, most apps in which multiple windows are especially useful include some window-management menu items; so most of the bases will be covered. You can get a similar effect by moving a window *almost* all the way off screen. Grab it at an edge of the title bar, and you can leave only a few pixel's worth of edge visible. Make it the right edge, and you can get it back just by clicking what's left of the zoom box. Another trick I've used is to tile the screen with little windows, and just zoom up the one I want to work in now. Zoom it back down and now I can see all of them again. ========================================================================== Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 rmh@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 77-A | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."
keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (07/11/90)
In article <1990Jul5.181859.27564@uswmrg2.UUCP> steve@uswmrg2.UUCP (Steve Martin) writes: >Good idea, but this brings up another question (directed towards the >Apple DTS folks): when is Apple going to release a "Real" version of the >system with the 'Set Aside...' option in Multifinder? I find this feature >very useful on my large screen Mac. Will we see a System 6.0.? with >this feature? System 7.0 will have the Set Aside feature in it. I don't know what the plans are, if any, to bring out a version of MultiFinder 6.x with Set Aside in it that isn't followed by a b9. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. --- Developer Technical Support INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions