> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Ramon Leon
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:39 AM
> To: john at pierce.name; The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: RE: LookEnhancements enhancement
> 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've checked in version 45 of LookEnhancements. In this 
> release window 
> > borders have been put on a diet shedding 1/3 of their 
> width. I thought 
> > about making it a preference, but I kind of like the 
> thinner borders 
> > the more I look at them. If there is anyone that really 
> wants thicker 
> > borders (we are talking 4 pixels vs. the former 6 pixels) 
> then let me 
> > know.
> > It would be real easy to make a preference, but I kind of 
> don't like 
> > lots of preferences if no one particularly cares.
> > 
> > Anyways, enjoy.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> 
> Thank you, love the new thinner look, feels much nicer.  As 
> far as the docking window idea goes, I don't know how to do 
> it, else I would submit a change set.  I came to squeak for 
> Seaside, morphic has not been on my list of things to learn, 
> and I only get to play in squeak in my free time, which is limited.  
> 
> You asked, "So the question in mind is "is it natural for 
> windows to know about other windows as if you are laying out 
> tiles on the screen?"
> or would this feature frustrate users when they are trying to 
> overlap windows slightly?"
> 
> I'd say, does anyone "ever" want to overlap a window by 2px?  
> I'd say not really, if they are getting the borders that 
> close together, odds are they're trying to tile them to work 
> with multiple windows.  I played with Linux a bit recently 
> and KDE had this as an option, when the window borders got 
> close enough they'd just snap together, but only within a 
> certain range, couple of pixels, or when they got close 
> enough to the edge of the screen, they'd snap to it.  I loved 
> it, you'd only notice it when you were trying to tile, and it 
> helped tremendously, I thought it was one the of coolest 
> little features I'd seen and wish Windows did that, wish 
> Squeak did that, be nice to see an autoDockWindows preference.
> 


After playing around with my nVidia drivers, turns out they give XP this
feature too, so it's not too uncommon.