Disclosed is a method that helps a compute user avoid spending a lot of time resizing windows and moving them around. It is based on creating a menu of possible windows layouts, automtaically learning the layouts that are frequently used by the user and placing them in the form of a prioritized menu, and keeping the two or three most recently accessed windows visible to the user in a preselected layout.Disclosed is a method that helps a compute user avoid spending a lot of time resizing windows and moving them around. It is based on creating a menu of possible windows layouts, automtaically learning the layouts that are frequently used by the user and placing them in the form of a prioritized menu, and keeping the two or three most recently ...
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A method for improving the use of computer windows
Disclosed is a method for improving the use of computer windows. Computer users spend a lot of time resizing A user may sometimes want to work in one window, while other times he may want to work with two windows
precision and many users are tired of repeating the same steps over and over again. For illustration, imagine the
overlap. It is very easy to express what the user wish to do,
Thus, there is any need for a method that would help the user rearrange the computer windows more quickly an
The first idea of the invention is to create a menu of possible windows layouts. The possible layouts, which are
dropping it onto a desired position within a particular layout icon, which the user selects from the menu. The us
The second idea is that system would automatically learn the layouts that are frequently used by the user and pla The third idea is the user can ask the system to always keep the two or three most recently accessed windows vi
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Attached is a PowerPoint file in which the first slide depicts a menu of possible windows layout, and the rest of
drag window A and drop it onto on the left-hand side of that layout icon on the menu which shows two window
the layout desired by the user. Thus, the user himself does not have to resi...
