OS/2 Workplace Shell
OS/2 Workplace Shell / 1992–2001 / Style / Platform Screen Languages
OS/2 treated folders, printers, drives and settings as operable objects rather than loose icons. Dimensional borders, shaded icons, Notebook settings and direct drag-and-drop made the whole desktop one object-oriented workplace.
Pale gray surfaces with double light and dark dimensional edges / Low-color object icons drawn from an oblique view / Notebook settings with stacked edge tabs / Direct dragging among folders, shredder and drives
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Handling files, devices and settings as one environment of related objects rather than separate applications · Reconstructing a 1990s work desktop from its object model instead of window decoration
- Type
- Use a small system sans and keep object names to one line directly below their icons.
- Composition
- Use the desktop as a base, overlap folder windows, and gather settings into a multi-tab Notebook.
- Material
- Layer light upper-left and dark lower-right edges on middle gray, giving icons limited color and small shadows.
- Caution
- Old icons and 3D buttons are not enough. Every part must behave as a directly operable, related object.
- Further study
- OS/2 Workplace Shell / Object-oriented desktop / Notebook controls and drag-and-drop
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