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From: openlook-request@openlook
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: olvwm thoughts...
Message-ID: <b1ktch1@openlook.Unify.Com>
Date: 16 May 91 15:47:42 GMT
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How about a resource that always keeps the Desktop on top of 
all other windows so that non-computer-type (NCT...for short)
users would always know that, for example, they could go to 
the upper right corner of their screen and pan around.
I've found many NCT's that want to quickly warp to another screen
and cannot find their desktop (accidently overlapped)
get quickly frustrated with virtualroot-ness (using the arrow keys
on the root window is too amorphous an interface to screen-warping
for many NCT's).

Also, (maybe this should also be cc-ed to the OPENLOOK committee
wherever they are) despite how useful/easy most of us find 
using the desktop, most NCT users get confused as to where they are,
or how to move around.  Perhaps, some OL-style scrollbars or 
clickable arrows would be nice.  And I know this is unimaginative,
but the icon could be more switcher-like, but with all 4 arrows
to indicate screen switching.

How about allowing programmatic access to modify the current screen?
It would be very useful if an application pgm could switch the
screen from, say a documentation screen to your software development
screen (or for you financial types out there, from a swaps-trading
screen to a portfolio management screen).  Perhaps some sort of
protocol between this app and olvwm would also allow screen-naming
(and screen-name aliasing) to simply this too.  This may mean
splitting off the desktop as a separate process...

Frank G.
(caffeine-fueled synapse firings)