Virtual desktop manager
First Claim
1. Method for providing different background images for multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface being presented on a display of a computer system, the method comprising:
- presenting each full-size virtual desktop including the background image of each full-size virtual desktop as a thumbnail on the display;
receiving an indication from a user that an old background image of a first full-size virtual desktop of the multiple virtual desktops is to be replaced with a new background image; and
displaying on the display the new background image of the first full-size virtual desktop of the multiple desktops in accordance with the indication received from the user if the old background image of the first full-size virtual desktop is in the view of the user, the act of displaying being adapted to display the background image of the thumbnail that corresponds to the first full-size virtual desktop.
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Abstract
A method for a user to preview multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface is described. The method comprises receiving an indication from a user to preview the multiple virtual desktops and displaying multiple panes on the display. Each pane contains a scaled virtual desktop having dimensions that are proportionally less than the dimensions of a corresponding full-size virtual desktop. Each scaled virtual desktop displays with one or more scaled application windows as shadows if the corresponding full-size virtual desktop has one or more corresponding application windows that are active.
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1. Method for providing different background images for multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface being presented on a display of a computer system, the method comprising:
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presenting each full-size virtual desktop including the background image of each full-size virtual desktop as a thumbnail on the display;
receiving an indication from a user that an old background image of a first full-size virtual desktop of the multiple virtual desktops is to be replaced with a new background image; and
displaying on the display the new background image of the first full-size virtual desktop of the multiple desktops in accordance with the indication received from the user if the old background image of the first full-size virtual desktop is in the view of the user, the act of displaying being adapted to display the background image of the thumbnail that corresponds to the first full-size virtual desktop. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of performing the method for providing different background images for multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface being presented on a display of a computer system, the method comprising:
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presenting each full-size virtual desktop including the background image of each full-size virtual desktop as a thumbnail on the display;
receiving an indication from a user that an old background image of a first full-size virtual desktop of the multiple virtual desktops is to be replaced with a new background image; and
displaying on the display the new background image of the first full-size virtual desktop of the multiple desktops in accordance with the indication received from the user if the old background image of the first full-size virtual desktop is in the view of the user, the act of displaying being adapted to display the background image of the thumbnail that corresponds to the first full-size virtual desktop.
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