On Tuesday, April 26, 2005 03:14 pm, JD. Brown wrote:
If you want to see some interesting stuff in a desktop, take a look OS/2. The desktop has had some features, since 1992, that have yet to appear elsewhere. Very powerful in many ways.
Yes, Good ole' OS/2. I still have the disk sets from years ago and a computer to boot with it. I do like OS/2 and how it did things. Memories..............
Shadows. The best part of the WorkPlaceShell desktop that I have yet to see anywhere else. Kind of like "live" symlinks or Windows shortcuts. Make a shadow of an object (like a file). Now change the name of the file, or move the file to another directory. The shadow still works. All because the WPS was essentially part of the filesystem. I would put shadows of current proposals and other client docs on my OS/2 Desktop. We had directory trees that classified clients by their status. When a client's status changed, the folder holding all of their docs would be moved to a different branch. And the shadow still worked. Simply brilliant, and I still miss this feature. -- _________________________________________________________ A Message From... L. Mark Stone Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC "We manage your network so you can manage your business." 477 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Tel: (207) 772-5678 Web: http://www.rnome.com