Aucbvax.6291
fa.works
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works
Thu Feb 25 00:59:57 1982
Window Management
>From decvax!watmath!watarts!plrowley@Berkeley Thu Feb 25 00:55:45 1982
I am looking for information on window management strategies and peoples'
experience with them (likes, dislikes, etc.).  I'd appreciate any pointers
to reports on the subject, esp. those about designs based on the results
of psychological experimentation.
  Specifically, I've read that the Star designers spent some tens of man-
years designing their user interface and laboratory-tested their theories.
Have the results of this experimentation been reported in print?
  Finally, what do people think of overlapping windows?  As I've not used
a window-oriented system, I hesitate to venture an opinion, but experience
with cluttered desks suggests to me that I wouldn't like overlapping windows.
Of course, if the windows aren't all on the screen, partially hidden or not,
they have to be catalogued in some manner.  Does anyone know of any such
cataloguing system?
		peter rowley, univ. of waterloo