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Re: Is there a way to rid myself of all this window clutter? Help please!

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From: bondir
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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