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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Applications => Topic started by: Martin Iturbide on September 15, 2016, 03:59:48 pm
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Hi
The OS2VOICE "OS/2 voice an update from the chairman " article says:
http://articles.os2voice.org/category/voice/10-os-2-voice-an-update-from-the-chairman.html
Development of the so called Split Window view in Xworkplace has been finished; this was been by Rich Walsh at a cost of $900. While the binaries and source code are currently not publicly available yet, sources will be committed to http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace and binaries will be uploaded to hobbes.nmsu.edu. The changes are currently receiving final testing before being submitted into SVN.
I would really like to see that. I was hoping that with "Split Window" and some kind of navigator menu on top a modern navigation on the OS/2 desktop can be provided (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Comments_and_Suggestions_about_eComStation_User_Experience#Recommendation_.233_.E2.80.93_GUI_.E2.80.93_The_Navigator.). But sometimes hopes does not align to reality. I don't know if someone has seen it or have some screenshot to don't have a false expectation.
Regards
Note: I posted this is because I'm exited to have some new feature on the Desktop GUI and on XWorkplace instead of just bugfixing.
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Here.
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Looks good. Now we are missing the navigator buttons :)
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Keep this up and we will end up with something like File Freedom.
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WPS-Wizard (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/WPS-Wizard) has a good idea of Menus on the windows, but I never see some folder navigation on the icons.
(http://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1154.0;attach=1491)
Something like this fake image I created:
(http://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1154.0;attach=1489)
(Before someone freak out, remember that idea is that features can be turn on and off, just like someone will like to customize the GUI).