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From: fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Phred Dushin)
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Subject: init idea
Keywords: "Hide" box
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Date: 3 Jul 90 18:29:25 GMT
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I have an idea for an init.  Could someone please make remarks about the
feasability of it, or tell me whether it has already been implemented?

Since the + and SE screens are low on real estate, and since the region
occupied by the screen is a mere fraction of the graphable regions
on the macintosh ( (32767*2)^2 ), why not create a "hide" box for
each window, which moves a given window into a far off region of
the mac drawing space.  The window could effectively be left open
(in case any window needs to catch any information coming in), and it
could easily be retrieved, say, by a menucommand.  That could free up
a lot of space for those of us who have been left in the dark ages
of the 9" monochrome monitor.  It could even look like this:


________________________________________________________
                                                        |
____________________________  _________ __  ________ __ |
____________________________  |   |   | __  |   |  | __ |
____________________________  |___|___| __  |___|  | __ |
____________________________  |   |_| | __  |      | __ |
____________________________  |___|___| __  |______| __ |
     							|
________________________________________________________|

Any ideas?

Fred Dushin  				Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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