[openbeos] Re: Alternative GUI window
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:09:59 -0500
That is sort of funky. I kind of like it. Actually, for something really
interesting, I was looking at Ion (http://www.students.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/)
>Hi all.
>
>** caution - hot steam being vented - use caution **
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>In a delirious moment on a stormy night (after plenty of Vodka), I came up
>with this weird window GUI:
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>http://members.optushome.com.au/zenja/OBOS_gui_01.jpg
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>The general idea was to reduce the amount of screen real-estate taken by the
>title bar, close/resize buttons, menu bar and tool bar. These 3 bars can
>take up to 10% of window space, so when you've got 4 open windows you've
>already lost 40% of your screen for static GUI elements. The idea was to
>combine these 3 layers into one, which would then be accessable after right
>clicking the yellow corner tab. Another approach is to move these elements
>to the Deskbar (aka Apple menu). Just imagine that the toolbar is
>dynamically displayed above the popup menubar (closer to the document). All
>menus are in the direction bottom-top (opposite to the window/mac world) and
>expand to the right.
>
>This approach allows you to enjoy the most screen real-estate without
>cripling functionality.
>
>
>Comments would be appretiated. Perhaps I should stick with the Vodka ;-)
>
>Zenja
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