Switching between virtual desktops
CA 2349649 A1 · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Abrams, Roger K.
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A method, system and computer program product for switching between desktop panes, i.e. virtual desktops. In one embodiment the method comprises the step of , providing a display device. The method further comprises the step of providing a display area where the display area comprises, a plurality of desktop panes. One out of the plurality of desktop panes in the display area is visible, on the display device. Furthermore each of the plurality of desktop panes comprises one or more, borders to one or more other desktop panes. The method further comprises selecting a particular, border of the desktop pane visible on the display device by executing at the particular border a, pointing …
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- Filed June 1, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 1, 2021.
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