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> Any AES application authors here who can speak their thoughts?

I think it's a nice feature but it would be "nice to have" also for  
normal GEM apps. E.g. "floating windows" would allow applications to  
open many panels like in Photoshop.
To make sure normal apps don't abuse this feature: the "floating  
windows" of system applications are always visible, but "floating  
windows" of normal apps are automatically hidden when the app is not  
active/"on top".

Next question: how does the system know if an application should be  
considered a "system application"? If the application registers  
itsself as part of the "system" (by issuing a special AES command),  
every normal GEM application can register itsself and abusing the  
feature is still possible.
So the AES has to know in advance which apps are "system  
applications" (e.g. defined in the configuration file).


Philipp