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Subject: Re: Better Windows? (LONG)
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 Hi Yall,

 On the subject of Window recursion, the one part of most windowing systems
I find counter -intuitive is the difference between the desktop and a window.
 Wouldn't it make more sence to allow WINDOWS to have there own menu systems?
These could be modal (only the active windows menus available) or semi-modal
(active and desktop available). This kind of scheme would make multitasking
much more intuitive.
 Now if someone could come up with a graphic rendition of Pipes and
I/O routing, we'd be laughing...

Pete