From: earlcp@idirect.com   
      
   Kohan Ikin  :   
      
   > In article <08Gmb.30159$Tr4.58094@attbi_s03>, wove@mchsi.com says...   
   > > That is one very cool feature of the new MacOS X 10.3. Hard to describe   
   > > easily, but it is a very interesting way to manage a couple dozen windows   
   > > on a system that really has only one screen.   
   > >   
   > > With BeOS all the windows are available from the application menu, but   
   > this   
   > > presents a visual representation of all open but hidden windows and   
   allows   
   > > the user to bring the desired one right to the front.   
   > >   
   > > Perhaps some hardcore Be programer will figure out how to do that for us.   
   >   
   > My understanding is it uses 3D hardware acceleration.  Each application   
   > window is applied as a texture to some simple shapes, so that you can   
   > move the windows around and resize them onscreen very quickly without   
   > slowing down the rendering of each window.  I haven't played with the   
   > Expose feature on OS X yet, nor am I hardcore Mac or Be programmer yet,   
   > that's just my understanding from what I've read (in case it helps anyone   
   > to code this).   
      
   I know it is not the same thing, but how is this diffirent or better than   
   "WorkSpaces" in BeOS aside from the strange point that it is in Preferences   
   instead of Apps?   
      
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