From: larrys@watson.ibm.com (Larry Salomon, Jr.)
Subject: Re: Comments on OS/2 seminar
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:46:27 GMT
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In <1992Apr16.202211.4761@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, heiland@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (david.j.heiland) writes:
>
>Can the desktop emulate a larger desktop, i.e., can it be made scrollable
>such that sliding the mouse against the screen edge reveals more desktop
>space? If so, how large of a virtual desktop can be created?

You can place your items anywhere.  If they extend past the edge of the
desktop, scrollbars appear to allow you to scroll the desktop.  However,
it won't happen automatically just by moving the mouse over to the edge
(although one could easily write a program to do this).

>I noticed that you had to click on menu items that led to submenus.  Can
>the menu be made to just open the submenu when the cursor slides over
>the item and off to the right?  On this 630 terminal, holding the right mouse
>button down brings up a menu, and selection is made when you release the
>button, submenus are entered by keeping the button down and sliding off the
>right edge of the appropriate menu item.  No multiple clicking is needed.

I don't exactly understand what you are saying.  However, what it sounds
like is a confusion between the "pullrights" and the "button pullrights"
(for lack of better terms).  The pullrights can be opened by clicking on
them.  However, the button pullrights have a default action associated
with them which will be the selection if you only click on them; you must
drag right to get them to open.  A little experimentation shows the
following with button pullrights:  if you click on it only, the default
action is selected; if you click and drag such that the submenu opens,
you can safely release the mouse button while it is over the button
pullright (NOT THE SUBMENU) without any action being taken.

>If the above can't be done, I'd like to see Boca add an option (and maybe
>the one about a window having focus in the background) to configure it.  The
>more flexibility the better.

The background focus probably won't ever be added, from what I can
gather (but I'm NOT an IBM spokesperson, so this could change).  However,
I imagine that one could write an application to do this (using input
hooks).

>After finally seeing the WPS at work, I'm kind of confused over why people
>find it confusing!  It seems intuitive and "right" to me.

It takes a while for people to adjust after using 1.3 or Windows for a
while.  However, Mac users seem to have less trouble adjusting.

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
Yorktown Heights, NY                    larrys@ibmman2.watson.ibm.com

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