Peter William Lount wrote:
     
     >
     Hey, I DON'T represent that remark! :-b
     >
     
     Hey! Me too, Me too!
     
     I am very often working with lots of windows associated with at least 
     3 VisualWORKS images running simultaneously plus MS Word, Adobe 
     Acrobat Reader, and InternetExplorer. And yes, I can write documents, 
     debug code, and alter user interfaces efficiently in this mode and 
     therefore prefer it. As Peter, I use the task bar a lot and I want to 
     choose which windows I bring to the front not have someone determine 
     what is best for me. I also agree with Peter that it would be nice to 
     be able to better organize and operate on all of an applications 
     windows when desired.
     
     Just my two cents :-)
     
     Jerome


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Subject: Re: Thinking about a better UI
Author:  "Peter William Lount" <peter at smalltalk.org> at INTERNET
Date:    4/15/99 1:53 AM


jecel at lsi.usp.br wrote:
> 
> I find it very ironic that none of the Windows users I know actually do 
> use "windows". All their applications run in the "maximized" mode and 
they
> switch between them using the buttons on the bar at the bottom of the 
> screen.
     
Hey, I DON'T represent that remark! :-b
     
I use lots of windows. When browsing the net for instance I'll have 10 or 
20 browsers open (until Windows9X crashes because it runs out of DOS 
Compatible graphics memory which is only has 64K of ;--(. 
     
I love lots of windows.
     
I rarely maximize a window as doing this prevents me from switching or 
seeing the progress of other windows...
     
Now the contrast. I work with someone who only works with Maximized windows 
and can't handle it if I am using his computer and use lots of overlapping 
windows switching back and forth. For him the button bar makes a lot of 
sense. 
     
The button bar works for me as, but it is not so nice when I have lots of 
apps each with lots of windows. In this case I can't find the window I want 
easily! It also doesn't have an option to sort the buttons alphabetically 
or by application... woops...
     
One big problem with Windows95 and the way the handle windows is that you 
can't hide all the windows of an application with one key stroke or menu 
command (unless the application only has one window open). OpenStep, now 
MacOSX, allows all the windows of an application to be hidden very quickly 
with one command. Very nice. This is where I developed my need for lots of 
windows at once. It really speeds up ones use of the computer rather 
dramatically.
     
All the best,
     
Peter W. Lount
peter at smalltalk.org
http://www.smalltalk.org - Come and visit. ;--)