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ViewMAX is the file manager supplied with DR-DOS versions 5 and 6. It is based on a cut-down version of the GEM GUI. A file manager is a software tool that provides a user interface to work with computer files. ... DR-DOS is an DOS-family-compatible operating system for IBM PC-compatible personal computers, originally developed by Gary Kildalls Digital Research and derived from CP/M-86. ... GEM redirects here. ... A graphical user interface (or GUI, sometimes pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ...


Versions

ViewMAX/1 was distributed with DR-DOS 5. It had a very similar appearance to previous GEM desktops - two fixed-size windows. Each window would either contain icons representing directories and files, or a representation of the directory hierarchy.


ViewMAX/2 was distributed with DR-DOS 6. Various graphical improvements were made in this release, including controls with a 3D appearance and user-selectable colour schemes. Support was added for the DR-DOS task switcher TaskMAX; if this was present, applications would be launched as separate tasks, and ViewMAX could switch between them. The directory tree (if enabled) was now shown beside the list of icons, rather than instead of it.


ViewMAX/3 was intended to be the file manager for Novell DOS 7, but was never completed, though source code for a beta version exists. It would have included support for colour icons, resizable windows, and program groups. Novell, Inc. ... In software engineering, development stage terminology expresses how far through the development sequence things have progressed and how much further development a product may require. ... Several desktop icons from the Windows operating system A computer icon is a small graphic, usually ranging from 16 pixels by 16 pixels up to 128 pixels by 128 pixels, which represents a file, folder, application or device on a computer operating system. ...


See also

The following is a list of file managers. ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file managers. ...

External links

  • ViewMAX topics
  • Screenshots of ViewMAX/1

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