[kidsUI] Mapping concepts to software

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

On the drive home from work I was thinking about the idea of window
manager/environment as background for agents and programs.  The idea of
different rooms would map well onto workspaces, I think, with the pagers
being represented by doors.  To maintain the room metaphor, you'd need to
be able to place executable (clickable) icons for programs at random places
on the screen rather than on a specific area (the wharf, panel, dock,
whatever).  Those placements would have to be maintained between sessions. 
They would also be specific to the workspace they appear in (and some might
be duplicated in more than one workspace).  I haven't gotten as far as
thinking about window dressing yet.

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