Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!news.udel.edu!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!eng.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!caen!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!csc.canberra.edu.au!news From: pwb@aerg.canberra.edu.au (Paul Blackman) Subject: Re: Workspace Managers for Win 3.1 - Locations Message-ID: <1993Apr28.013650.5462@csc.canberra.edu.au> Sender: news@csc.canberra.edu.au Organization: University of Canberra References: <1r8omj$jqj@werple.apana.org.au> <1528@tactix.tactix.rain.com> <1993Apr27.152233.906@bert.eecs.uic.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 01:36:50 GMT In article <1993Apr27.152233.906@bert.eecs.uic.edu> you write: >cah@tactix.rain.com (Chris Huey) writes: > >>Jamie Scuglia (jamie@zikzak.apana.org.au) wrote: >>: Thanks to all those people who recommended Workspace managers for >>: Windows 3.1. I found 3 shareware Workspace Managers, from Australia's >>: MS-WINDOWS archive (monu6.cc.monash.edu.au), which mirrors some >>: sites in the U.S. The three I found were: >>: >>: 1. WORKSPACES 1.10 (wspace.zip) >>[ review deleted ] >>: 2. WORKSHIFT 1.6 (wrksft16.zip) >>[ review deleted ] >>: 3. BIGDESK 2.30 and BACKMENU (backdesk.zip) >>[ review deleted ] > >>I really appreciate this information. However, given that I don't have >>direct Internet access - which means I don't have Archie access - I must >>resort to using FTPMAIL. This means that I need the site name and the >>directory where these workspace managers are located. > >backdesk.zip is on CICA, but I'm not sure of the whole directory. > >Another to throw into the running is topdesk. It is alsow on CICA, but >I'm not sure where. It is more complicated then backdesk, but I've found >it to be more stable and more usefull. I recomend it to people who >have already used a virtual desktop. Oh yeh, It's free. >Copyright Microsoft and Sanford Staab. > > Carl > zmola@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu OK here are some usefull applications and locations and other: On Cica or mirrors in the /desktop directory WRKSFT16 ZIP 39798 920915 WokShift Graphical Virtual Desktop (ver 1.6) (email author about version 2.0) DESK240 ZIP 164690 921103 Desktop Tools For Windows 3.x (BackMenu 2.4 & BigDesk #### Later version than BackDesk) TOPDESK ZIP 51051 920723 Virtual Windows for Windows ???? FINDER ZIP ??????? 930329 A Mac Finder clone for Windows (Works well with BackMenu) ************ Also look out for SuperBar 2.0. Due out soon. It allows button bars to be added to almost any application. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ o | Paul Blackman pwb@science.canberra.edu.au o | Water Research Centre, pwb@aerg.canberra.edu.au o _ | Faculty of Applied Science -- (") o | University of Canberra, Australia. \_|_-- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | "Spend a little love and get high" _/ \_ | - Lenny Kravitz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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