Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as reference

[Chris Cheney]

On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 01:49:13PM +0200, Stefan Taferner wrote:
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> Am Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 17:18 schrieb Shift:
> > Le vendredi 2 Juillet 2004 12:10, Torsten Rahn a écrit :
> > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&
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> > > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=113191&threshold=2&commentsort=0&tid=
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> > Worst !
> > They patented Multiple Desktop :
> > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2
> >Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=2003018959
> >7&OS=20030189597&RS=20030189597
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> Thats interesting. Windows does not have multiple desktops yet.
> Ah, animated desktop switching.
> 
> Seems that they look what others do, and quickly patent it before any product 
> is released. Or they just play with what could be useful in the future and 
> patent it.

Windows has supported multiple desktops via a powertools app for a while
now. I am not certain when it was first available though.

Chris
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