Re: _The Lamp!_2004.10--Prizm's need for a larger screen.

[obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2)]

There's a NDA or some such for the IIGS OS called Big Desktop, Super Desktop,
Large Desktop, or something like that.  I tried it years ago and it allows the
desktop to be scrolled in all directions off of the screen boarders (800x600,
1600x1200, etc.).  
I wonder how it would behave on a monitor with a larger screen.
JaY

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Prizm is one of the few programs where the lack of screen real estate makes
it cumbersome to use.  Or maybe I'm just used to 1600x1200 resolution
displays for the last six years.  A interesting project for someone to
tackle would be to write an X client on the GS so windows are accessible on
larger displays.  This would require patches to the Window Maner, Event
Manager, Quickdraw, etc.  Because the graphic drawing is offloaded to the
client instead of being needed to be done by the GS, it could prove to be a
workable solution.  And with X servers available on virtually all modern
OS's, there's an immediate base of compatibility for usefulness.

Geoff

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