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I don't recall Windows 95 spatially minimizing windows into the bottom of the screen while preserving their dynamically updating contents. Did it? Or was it ful

I don't recall Windows 95 spatially minimizing windows into the bottom of the screen while preserving their dynamically updating contents. Did it? Or was it full of identical grey rectangles and moved window contents just by their outline, not their contents? The Aqua interface was a cut above given the landscape even five years later.

eru 2y ago
> Or was it full of identical grey rectangles and moved window contents just by their outline, not their contents? It moved the whole window, but you could enable the effect you mention to save on system resources. (If memory serves right.)
- dcrazy 2y ago
  I believe full-window moves were an optional Windows 98 feature. Possibly also available in Windows 95 via registry tweaks or if you had Microsoft Plus! installed.
  - eru 2y ago
    My memory might be from Windows 98, yes.
  - bitwize 2y ago
    I remember full-window moves from Windows 95 and even the Windows 95 preview skin for Windows NT 3.51.
  - xnx 2y ago
    Windows 95 > System Properties > Performance > "Show window contents while dragging"
ben7799 2y ago
It's kind of easy to forget OSX did this but it was glacially slow at first. I remember seeing the Betas in 1999-2000 or so and they were on an iMac and the whole UI barely worked. And I think in 2004-2006 I was still turning the animations down or selecting the simpler ones. I maybe started leaving them on when I got a monster Mac Pro in 2006.