Re: window rotation
Re: window rotation
- Subject: Re: window rotation
- From: Henry McGilton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:28:46 -0700
On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 08:52 PM, Wade Tregaskis wrote:
<<<<<<<< SNIP >>>>>>>>
c) Shrink windows in the background over some time period, e.g. chat
windows, status windows, progress windows in the Finder, etc... so you
can still get an idea of their status by looking at them, but can see
more at a time. Sort of like a full-time Expose. This resonates
along the lines of the much-publicised transparent windows patent that
surfaced recently.
An idea very similar to this was proposed around 1981 by Vaughan
Pratt at Stanford, and then at Sun. His idea envisaged a
three-dimensional 'universe' as your desktop. Instead of
hiding windows or moving windows around to get them out of the
way, you would push the windows 'away' from you and they would
become smaller. You would grab the shrunk windows and 'pull'
them back towards you to enlarge them again . . . He also
envisaged tat you would have a loupe with which you could magnify
the shrunken windows if you need to see what they were . . .
Sounds like you have done some seriously good work here, with
all kinds of nifty applications.
Best Wishes,
........ Henry
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