[haiku-development] Re: A tale of two accelerant API's
- From: looncraz <looncraz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:35:02 -0800
On 2/11/2013 14:04, pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Two users at the same time, on the same computer, using different
monitors and mouses but sharing the video card. I'd say that's an
unlikely situation, however.
It could be quite useful, actually. Imagine a single computer running
two keyboards, two mice, and two monitors - facing away from each other
on a desk.
Both users are in an isolated shell, unaware of what the other is
doing. This would be a boon for libraries, schools, many businesses,
and even at home when you have two kids fighting over using the computer...
My work on compositing is trying to be flexible enough to run multiple
fully independent frame buffers, window lists, and desktops. One idea I
had was to have different work-spaces on different monitors. I've long
desired to have monitor 2 set to a specific workspace, with reference
materials or a video running (Simpsons, FTW!) and be able to change the
workspace on my primary monitor to change the window work-set while
leaving the second monitor's contents untouched. As such, I've been
trying to workout a flexible enough design to make this doable...
I doubt I'm alone in finding this potentially useful ;-)
--The loon
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