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User Interface Improvements

Filer - new features

Pinboard - new features

Screensaver - rewritten

!Help - rewritten

Wimp - new features

!Configure - rewritten

Filer

Device (eg hard drive) icons can be dragged to

Alt-Click to rename files in filer viewers

Uses autoscrolling wimp facilities

(eg whilst dragging a selection outline)

New 'confirm deletes only' facility

New directory creation dialogue

Other UI improvements and bug fixes

Pinboard

More intuitive behaviour, windows and files are

both termed objects

Iconise icon on windows to sends to a corner

Iconise windows to the icon bar

Tidy files to any corner

JPEG backdrop images

Long filename support

Other UI improvements and bug fixes

Screensaver

Rewritten

Easily extensible, allowing a variety of savers

!Help

Rewritten

Help information now appears near the pointer

wimp

Autoscrolling, under SWI control

Window border dimensions can be read

Long filename support (eg in error boxes)

New sprite highlighting algorithm

ROM sprites override RAM - configurable

Action buttons can now contain sprites

Extensions to 24bpp colour support

Iconise button on windows

wimp

Foreground windows (remain on top)

Improvements to autofronting icon bar

New features use is configurable

- icon bar scroll speed/acceleration

- ROM/RAM sprite precedence

- iconise button

- autofronting of icon bar and delay time

- drag autoscroll pause time

!Configure

Rewritten as a plug-in manager

Easily extensible

Assistance in software installation

CMOS save/reset

Plug-ins:-

Boot, Discs, Filer, Fonts, Keyboard, Lock,

Mouse, Network, Screen, Sound, System,

Window Manager