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Re: A WPS discussion

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by: KP2 KP2 - Sat, 10 Jun 2023 18:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 13, 1991 at 11:23:05 AM UTC-8, Adam Goldberg wrote:
> In <1991Nov11.2...@hemlock.cray.com> b...@hemlock.cray.com writes:
> >Everyone / Anyone:
> >FYI: The following discussion about the Workplace Shell showed up on the
> >IBM BBS (404)-835-6600.
> >6. The notion of having a system menu pop up whenever you press the right
> > mouse button on blank desktop is hard to get used to. What happens if
> > someone has so many things open that they can't even see the desktop?
> > Also, upon return from a full screen session this thing is floating
> > around and I found myself inadvertently going back to the full screen
> > session.
> I don't know about anyone else, but on the X Window system I'm using (and
> used to), you get a system menu pop up when you hold down the left button
> while on the root menu (parlance: background, blank desktop, etc). Of
> course, I'm used to it, but I really like it. Additionally, if I have too
> many windows open & can't see the background, I'll just move a window just
> a little bit...it's not really a problem.
> --
> Adam Goldberg ! "I can see your point, but you're still full
> gold...@iastate.edu ! of shit." -- Button worn by Tom Petty during
> ta...@isuvax.BITNET ! a recent Rolling Stone interview.
> #include <d
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