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Article #38Re: Is there a way to rid myself of all this window clutter? Help please!
From: bondir
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:00
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:00
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In article <1992Jul20.231028.25825@lclark.edu> joshua@lclark.edu (Josh Rochester) writes: >From: joshua@lclark.edu (Josh Rochester) >Subject: Is there a way to rid myself of all this window clutter? Help please! >Date: 20 Jul 92 23:10:28 GMT >I remember the good old days of my pre-Sys7 finder. Do you remember too? >You never saw all the ugly icons on the desktop in your applications, you >never had to compete with the windows from your other apps, and you never had >to deal with an abrupt change of task due to a misplaced click. >Well, I want it back! >I wouldn't give up my System Seven for the world, and I love multitasking! >(not to mention that now I'm running on a quadra and can't even USE sys6...) >All I want is an init (or CDEV or background app or WHATEVER) that places >the background pattern between my applications. Hide the desktop, hide the >other applications, just show me what I'm doing right now and absorb my clicks. >I've seen it done in one of the apps included in the QuickTime developer's kit, >but I need it as a CDEV. So, I challenge you, programmers of the world, to >create this utility for me. >Thanks, >Josh Rochester >joshua@lclark.edu >P.S. I have already seen HideAlways and WindowShade, and I don't like 'em. What about Power Windows from KIWI software?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu!bondir From: bondir@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu Subject: Re: Is there a way to rid myself of all this window clutter? Help please! Message-ID: <bondir.36.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia References: <1992Jul20.231028.25825@lclark.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:00:23 GMT Lines: 28