Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jul 2007 09:53 UTC, submitted by drfelip
"An interesting patent application recently filed by Microsoft may offer a glimpse at the future of the Windows interface. The patent describes a 'method for managing windows in a display' that seems to describe a method of task switching that is neither Taskbar nor Expose, but something in between." It reminds me of a feature called 'iconify', where you can minimise windows into an icon on the desktop (as CDE has, for instance), a feature I miss in most modern desktop environments.
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It's just an evolution of the original concept. Where as in 1990 the window minimized into a generic icon, today it minimizes into a live-view clipping. Mobile phone might have screens and no wires, but they still have numbers and call people, same as 100 years ago.