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Article #50Re: need DASHBOARD equiv for OS/2??
From: jumper
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 00:00
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.. ---------------------------------------cut here------------------------------------------ jumper@iquest.com http://iquest.com/~jumper/homepage.html Finally back to OS/2 !!!!!! ENGAGE!!! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10a752,bf77e56f2898e049 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 112d6c,bf77e56f2898e049 X-Google-Attributes: gid112d6c,public X-Google-Thread: 1138ec,bf77e56f2898e049 X-Google-Attributes: gid1138ec,public X-Google-Thread: 10fb18,bf77e56f2898e049 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fb18,public From: jumper@iquest.com Subject: Re: need DASHBOARD equiv for OS/2?? Date: 1995/11/20 Message-ID: <48ojt7$h8v@polo.iquest.com> X-Deja-AN: 119632746 distribution: world references: <48loab$guh@www.acay.com.au> organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL reply-to: Post@to.group newsgroups: comp.os.os2.utilities,aus.computers.os2,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.os2.apps