They used to have whole conferences on window management! "Methodology of Window Management": http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/overv

They used to have whole conferences on window management! "Methodology of Window Management": http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/overview.htm http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/... By F R A Hopgood, D A Duce, E V C Fielding, K Robinson, A S Williams. 29 April 1985. This is the Proceedings of the Alvey Workshop at Cosener's House, Abingdon that took place from 29 April 1985 until 1 May 1985. It was input into the planning for the MMI part of the Alvey Programme. The Proceedings were later published by Springer-Verlag in 1986. My favorite chapters: "Ten Years of Window Systems - A Retrospective View" by Warren Teitelman: http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/p004.htm http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/... "SunDew - A Distributed and Extensible Window System" by Games Gosling: http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/p005.htm http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/... "User Interface Working Group Discussions": http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/p017.htm http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/... "User Interface Working Group Final Report": http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/p018.htm http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/books/wm/...