Features for the User

For users, the Solaris operating environment incorporates a suite of powerful DeskSet applications to enhance personal productivity. All DeskSet applications rely on the drag-and-drop metaphor, enabling users to carry out complex UNIX commands with a mouse. Specifically, some of the features are:

• A workspace manager. Provides basic window management services (open, close, move, and so on), as well as tools that enables user to customize their workspace.

• Desktop integration services. These include ToolTalk, drag and drop, and cut and paste, providing the foundation that enables applications to seamlessly integrate with one another.

• Graphics libraries. These include XGL(TM), Xlib, PEX(TM), and XIL(TM), providing support for 2D and 3D graphics applications.

• Calendar Manager. A time management application that displays appointments and ToDo items for a day, week, or a month at a glance. It also contains a multibrowse feature that makes scheduling meetings among a group of users easy. Multiple calendars can be overlaid simultaneously to determine convenient meeting time slots at a glance.

• Image Tool. Enables you to load, view and save images of over 40 different formats including PICT, PostScript(TM), TIFF, GIF, JFIF, and many more.

• Other tools include a print tool, audio tool, shell tool, clock, and text editor.