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- From: bondir@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu
- Subject: Re: Is there a way to rid myself of all this window clutter? Help please!
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- Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia
- References: <1992Jul20.231028.25825@lclark.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:00:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul20.231028.25825@lclark.edu> joshua@lclark.edu (Josh Rochester) writes:
- >From: joshua@lclark.edu (Josh Rochester)
- >Subject: Is there a way to rid myself of all this window clutter? Help please!
- >Date: 20 Jul 92 23:10:28 GMT
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- >I remember the good old days of my pre-Sys7 finder. Do you remember too?
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- >You never saw all the ugly icons on the desktop in your applications, you
- >never had to compete with the windows from your other apps, and you never had
- >to deal with an abrupt change of task due to a misplaced click.
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- >Well, I want it back!
-
- >I wouldn't give up my System Seven for the world, and I love multitasking!
- >(not to mention that now I'm running on a quadra and can't even USE sys6...)
- >All I want is an init (or CDEV or background app or WHATEVER) that places
- >the background pattern between my applications. Hide the desktop, hide the
- >other applications, just show me what I'm doing right now and absorb my clicks.
- >I've seen it done in one of the apps included in the QuickTime developer's kit,
- >but I need it as a CDEV. So, I challenge you, programmers of the world, to
- >create this utility for me.
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- >Thanks,
- >Josh Rochester
- >joshua@lclark.edu
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- >P.S. I have already seen HideAlways and WindowShade, and I don't like 'em.
- What about Power Windows from KIWI software?
-