Display environment for a plurality of display devices
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1. A method comprising:
- configuring a display environment of an operating system of a computing device to display a plurality of shells that support user interaction with the operating system by;
launching a first said shell for display on a first display device of the computing device, the first said shell being a consumptive shell not configured to support a display of depth such that data from one application appears to be displayed over at least a portion of data from another said application; and
launching a second said shell for display on a second display device of the computing device such that the first and second said shells are displayable simultaneously by the computing device, the second said shell being a productive shell configured to support the display of depth such that data from the one application appears to be displayed over at least a portion of data from the another said application.
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Abstract
A display environment for a plurality of display devices is described. In one or more implementations, a display environment of an operating system of a computing device is configured to display a plurality of shells that support user interaction with the operating system by launching a first shell for display on a first display device of the computing device and launching a second shell for display on a second display device of the computing device such that the first and second shells are displayable simultaneously by the computing device.
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1. A method comprising:
configuring a display environment of an operating system of a computing device to display a plurality of shells that support user interaction with the operating system by; launching a first said shell for display on a first display device of the computing device, the first said shell being a consumptive shell not configured to support a display of depth such that data from one application appears to be displayed over at least a portion of data from another said application; and launching a second said shell for display on a second display device of the computing device such that the first and second said shells are displayable simultaneously by the computing device, the second said shell being a productive shell configured to support the display of depth such that data from the one application appears to be displayed over at least a portion of data from the another said application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving an input by a computing device to initiate execution of an application by the computing device; determining which of a plurality of display devices of the computing device with which a user interacted to provide the input; changing from a consumptive shell to a productive shell or a productive shell to a consumptive shell on the determined display device, the change of shell type based on the application initiated, the productive shell configured to support display of windows that correspond to other applications that are executable within the productive shell, the consumptive shell not configured to support display of windows that correspond to other applications that are executable within the consumptive shell; and launching execution of the application to display a user interface in the consumptive or the productive shell associated with the application on the determined display device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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- 14. One or more computer readable storage devices comprising stored computer executable instructions thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, causes the computing device to configure a display environment of an operating system executed by the computing device for display of launch functionality configured to initiate execution of an application, the launch functionality displayable on each of a plurality of display devices that output the display environment of the computing device without reconfiguring settings of the launch functionality to specify a particular one of the plurality of display devices that is to display the launch functionality, the display devices displaying a consumptive shell or a productive shell, the productive shell is configured to employ chrome and a task bar and the consumptive shell, outside of the productive shell, is not configured to employ chrome and the task bar, chrome comprising a window around data of one or more applications displayed by the computing device.
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