Raymond Chen usually has fascinating articles about the history of Windows. In this article, there’s a section that I’d like to try someday. Check this out:
From Where did windows minimize to before the taskbar was invented:
“If you have a triple-monitor Windows 98 machine lying around, you can try this: Set the resolution of each monitor to 1024×768 and place them corner-to-corner. At the bottom right corner of the third monitor, you will see all your minimized windows parked out in the boonies.”
Maybe this is a Virtual PC expiriment? Can you stretch your VPC window that far?
My favorite MacOS X API that I never used: the Dock Manager.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Dock_Manager/index.html
You can animate your application’s Dock icon as you see fit… so much potential…