Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 08:30:02 10/07/05
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On October 07, 2005 at 11:15:40, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >>>Personally i prefer the way Chessbase have done it, where you get it all in one >>>window, but still you can arrange the windows however you like (or almost >>>atleast). >> >>I am not sure I understand this. What does it mean that you can >>"arrange the windows however you like" when there is only one >>window? Is it some kind of "windows inside a window" GUI? I >>have only worked with such a GUI once (the Linux version of the >>computer algebra system Maple), and I abolutely hated it. > >It is a bit difficult to explain, but you can (by clicking and holding) drag any >given window and it will atomatically align it self according to the other >windows and you can then resize it to your liking. Maybe someone can explain it >better than me, but i quite like this was of doing it. Thanks, I understand better now. I still don't understand the purpose of the big surrounding window, though. >After thinking about it, my second favorite from a practical example is >chesspartner, where you can resize and move around all the different windows, >really quite nice and i suggest you check it out if you are not already familiar >with it. I would check it out if I could, but it isn't possible. I live in a backwards world where Linux and Mac OS are the norm, and Windows is virtually non-existent. The last time I saw a Windows computer in action was during the FRC tournament in Mainz in August ... Tord
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