On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 23:20:45 +0100, Tim Brocklehurst 
 <timb@???> wrote:
> Another thought, you remember the way that RiscOS (particularly 3.7) 
> handled
> applications? a folder with a ! at the start of the name? and a 
> toolbox of
> applications on the iconbar? Let's revisit that. That system was 
> nice.
 Actually, the '!' was optional, and a feature of the UI not the backend 
 OS. There
 were some hacks which allowed you to create application folders which 
 didn't start
 with a '!'.
 But it's all very dated now. I still miss the save UX from RISC OS 
 however - drag an
 icon from your application to the file window in order to save works 
 really well when
 you have several different applications working out of one directory.
 RISC OS was probably one reason why I still insist on sloppy mouse 
 focus. The click
 to focus of Unity (which you can't fix because of where the menus are) 
 is the one
 thing that prevents me from considering using it. Move the menus and 
 enable sloppy
 focus, and I'd probably be willing to consider using Unity.
-- 
 Be seeing you,
 Sam.
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