GUI Suggested Improvements

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XWorkplace
  • Add functionality for snapping windows in desktop. WarpSnap. [1]
  • Merge Win95Key functionality in XWPKeyboard.
  • Screen drawing like in NPS WPS Enhancer.
  • Files preview (image, PDF, text, etc.) Like WPS DSCR
  • Add a GUI Navigator functionality. [2], [3]
  • XPager. The ability to store layouts across different desktops, so that upon a re-boot the windows for apps which are re-started (startup, etc) get re-positioned to their "home" desktops. SkyScraper had this feature. [4]
Styler
Dynamic Icons
  • Support for PNG icon in x-View from XWorkplace (Full) [5]
  • Support for PNG icons in "Detail View"
  • Show Extended Attributes PNG thumbnail icon first, instead of the extension default on desktop. [6]
  • Defect on changing sizes for Icon View and Tree View independently [7]

Martin's Personal Comment About the OS/2 GUI

While people like Steve Jobs said "Less is More" to simplify the user customization of the GUI, I personally don't think we need to follow that opinion. We need to have options and several ways of customizing the GUI, we don't need to think that the user is dumb and will get overwhelmed with choices. OS/2 has always offered you GUI customization choices even of someone thinks it is too complex for him/her. Even if you feel like it is too much, it is better to have that choice and let the user decide how dumb is he to use or not that feature. "More is More", that's all.

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