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WindowMaker...
This page should give you a feel for the WindowMaker window manager for X11. While this page
isn't a 100% accurate representation of The Real Thing, it's a place to start. Here are some
things to try... (Sorry this window is so tall, I'm working on the javascript scrollbar in
my spare time. In the meantime, just use netscape's scrollbar. Sorry.)
- Vertical Menus
Try playing with the vertical menubar to the left. You can expand submenus, "pin them" to the
desktop, drag them around, and close them. You can't actually close the main "WindowMaker"
menu on this page due to javascript limitations, but in the real window manager,
you can.
- Windows
It's a window manager, and boy does it manage windows. You can do lots of stuff with windows
in The Real Thing, but this page currently only demonstrates moving and closing windows.
- The Dock
To the right, you see three tiles arranged vertically. This is your "dock". It holds both
app-icons (tiles representing applications) and small programs whose user interfaces are
small enough to fit in the 64x64 pixel area. On the dock are two such programs, a clock and
a fake network load monitor.
- The Clip
You might need to move or close this window to see the "clip". Like the dock,
it holds app-icons and dock applets. The clip itself is the tile with the green arrows, and
the picture of a paperclip. It can be "collapsed" by double-clicking it. You can drag tiles
between the dock and the clip to your hearts content, and dragging a tile to the clip while it
is collapsed will cause it to be temporarily opened so that you can place it correctly.
- App Icons
App Icons, like those positioned on the clip, represent applications. If the application is
not running, 3 dots will be displayed on the tile. Once you launch the application by
double-clicking it, the 3 dots will dissapear. You can drag app-icons around in either state.
When an application is not running, it's icon can be removed by dragging it away from the dock or
clip, and dropping it. If the app is running, however, the icon will not dissapear, but be
warped back to it's previous position on your desktop. Try it out! (The icon labeled "rive"
does not behave like a true app icon. Double-clicking it will simply take you to my homepage.
Once I complete the internal browser window object thingy, It will open my homepage in that, and
behave correctly.)
Bugs: Some people will encounter a "Dock not defined" error. I have no idea what causes
this, but the error doesn't really matter, and the page works anyway. People with non-US versions
of netscape (specifically, non "En" locales) will get a flood of errors related to asclock. I will
fix this one day, I promise. You can help my emailing me
what your browser calls the weekdays and the months.
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