In this example, you can see a bar at the top and bottom along with tear off menus. When the components are used together, a user essentially has total control over Windows. Users take for granted how little control they have over the appearance of their desktops. Personal Computers are unique amongst products in that they are a one size fits all solution. Cars, Refrigerators, Phones, even toasters, all come in different shapes, sizes, and interfaces that tailor to a specific segment of the market - but not Personal Computers.
Every machine looks the same.
They almost all have a gazillion icons on the left side, a Start menu with a ton of junk in it that they don t use, and work with their applications and data in the same way regardless of how different that might be from the user s preference. When the pieces of Object Desktop are put together, that all changes. Users can do whatever they want with their computers. An IT manager at a Fortune 500 company can use Object Desktop components to create desktops that have just the features that are important to him displayed cutting down training and support costs. A steel plant can use pieces of Object Desktop to create an interface that monitors the status of the blast furnace and hide other features of Windows to create a unique operating system for them.