| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 9 Jul 2001 at 16:52:37 |
| Subject: | Re: start + taskbar on public screens ??? |
Hello Robert
On 09-Jul-01, Robert Purser wrote:
> Hello amigactive@yahoogroups.com
>
> I mentioned earlier about a start bar / taskbar for the amiga. I like
> task bars because you can instantly see what proggy is running, then
> click and it maximises. however, the minimise button would have to
> change on Amigas, so that it minimises into a taskbar instead of
> appicon. Now I also like public screens and i know a lot of amiga
> users do too. A desktop screen is useful for e-mail client, browsing,
> utilities rather then a full blown public screen, then a separate
> public screens for your word pro/spreadsheets etc.
YAM certainly needs a whole screen to itself. It fills a 1024x768 screen
here.
> Well, i was thinking a little further on this and how about public
> screens with taskbars on them also, so that you can see what proggys
> are run on whatever screen you are on. then its simple to just click
> on the button for the proggy which can either be brought to the screen
> you are on, or take you to the screen the proggy is on. thus no going
> to top corner to flick screen randomly or holding down a button. You
> can see a _all_ proggys running on system _all_ the time, plus not
> being restricted to one screen like windows.
That would clutter up screens badly. Half the point of having a separate
screen for each program is to cut out clutter. Otherwise you may as well
have six or eight copies of Workbench.
A screens menu avoids clutter and still allows you to go from any screen
to any other.
One screen might be carrying a couple of programs, of course. Think
screens, not programs.
Personally, I find the taskbar to be a major nuisance on Windows - it is
always popping up unwanted whenever you go near the bottom of the
screen. One big problem with Windows as an interface is that the actual
_working_ area is so much reduced, by window borders on everything, task
bar, tool bars, etc. Unfortunately, some recent Amiga programs have
picked up this bad habit.
Regards
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