[openbeos] Re: Alternative GUI window
- From: "Rudy Gingles" <rudyatek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:41:13 -0800
Ion is an awesome idea, I use it on my FreeBSD computer. I've been wondering
what it would take to make it more friendly, to use it another OS like OBOS.
:)
Rudyatek
> 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 **
> >
> >In a delirious moment on a stormy night (after plenty of Vodka), I came
up
> >with this weird window GUI:
> >
> >http://members.optushome.com.au/zenja/OBOS_gui_01.jpg
> >
> >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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