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Re: need DASHBOARD equiv for OS/2??

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From: jumper
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 00:00
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In <48loab$guh@www.acay.com.au>, boyong@acay.com.au (Ellecer Valencia) writes:
>i'm not sure if it's borland or HP or what company makes this utility,
>but i'm quite pleased with it and basically it's replaced program
>manager on my windows system.  i'm presently  "migrating" my system to
>WArp and i'd like to know if therοΏ½'s something like Dashboard for
>OS/2.  Dashboard basically functions like a TOOLBAR, multiple desktop
>manager (up to 9? i think), program launcher (programs hidden in
>various Windows groups are accessible via just one click - which is
>not something i've been able to do yet in os/2)  i've just downloaded
>Filebar and it seems to function similarly.  are there any other
>suggested programs that do these functions? a program that's a virtual
>copy/ port of Dashboard would be the one i'm looking for.

OBJECT DESKTOP. Same basic Functions then some
>
>2nd query: when i installed warp it migrated my windows groups/progs
>to the WIN-OS2 folder.  but i noticed that the icons looked quite
>awful, as if it my monitor just CGA. instead of SVGA. what can i do
>about the way the icons look.  they're ok in a win-os/2 session but
>not when they're dragged into os/2 ofolders.

Get a Icon editor that can pull icons from Windows programs (many shareware available)
or try new Video driver for your chipset. Mine did that w/ a Trident card and I just got new drivers.


>oh, 3d Q:  is there ANY decent mouse driver for os/2?? tried
>RODENT.SYS but it's still not quick enough and starts being jerky/
>stuttery when used  in winos2 session.

Go to the Settings notebook for Win-OS/2 (System Setup for all session default)
And set MOUSE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS to ON..


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Subject: Re: need  DASHBOARD equiv for OS/2??
Date: 1995/11/20
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