Re: The State Of The Art

[hitchhiker <hitchhiker cybermail net>]

> That's the idea.  All "nicely centered" means is that when you alt-tab to
> any window, that viewing area could shift so that window appears in the
> centre of the monitor.  You need to stop thinking of the physical bounds of
> the monitor as the bounds of the desktop; you could tile up twenty xterms so
> that each is a usable size; they'd extend beyond the bounds of the monitor,
> but as you alt-tab between them the virtual desktop scrolls so that the
> selected one is fully visible.  The damned windows don't move in relation to
> each other unless *you* move them :-)
> 
> >PS. Who the hell you work for ?
> Can't say :-)
> 
> Dr Geek

I've seen this kind of idea before, though at the time it was focused on
data access not desktop access...but at the time it struck me as
something decades away (I was still a windows user, what can I say).  
I agree with mr. jetzek, in that this may be the thing that makes linux
the "have to use" O/S.  once again, it could be hardware playing catchup
to software, as we develop the kind of screens that make this more
intuitive to use.
I really like the idea, and I think you and other hardcore programmers
(I'm just a lowly wannabe sysadmin) get together and start hacking it.
and when it's done, we'll stick gnome in it.  or something else.  but
velieve me.  when it's done, I'll use it.

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