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   Earl Colby Pottinger  wrote in   
   news:vpoie14brv4q15@corp.supernews.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?   
   >   
   >               Earl Colby Pottinger   
   >   
      
   It is definitely 'different', if not arguably 'better'. I like   
   workspaces. This is different.   
      
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