On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:32:43PM +0100, Peter Graf wrote:
> Framebuffer implementation seems feasible, but the PDA-style
> windowmanagement of picoGUI is not suitable. Apart from windowmanagement,
> the picoGUI architecture seems to fit quite good.
>
> Is there work in progress for PicoGUI desktop-style windowmanagement, esp.
> overlapping windows for multitasking applications?
For the technical answers, please refer to Micah's reply. I, however, want
to make some usability/HCI comments on this.
It is *not* correct to refer to overlapping windows as "desktop-style" and
PicoGUI's as "PDA-style". The non-overlapping mode of PicoGUI is perfectly
fit for desktops, and in fact it is *better* than overlapping. Heck, I'm
looking forward to (and working on) using PicoGUI as my desktop, and I will
as soon as it has enough tools for me to do my work.
In real-life practice, I *never* have seen anyone using overlapping windows
for real work. Most people use one single "maximized" window at a time,
others (when there is legitimate need to have more than one app or set of
data readily available) use "tiling" (spreading the windows so that they
don't overlap). Except for dialog boxes, overlapping windows are extremely
confusing and unintuitive.
Micah: I register my plead that even if you waste your time rewriting the
engine to support overlapping, the fabulous, innovative, non-overlapping app
manager remains the default.
[]s,
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