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RISC OS 3.11
Screenshots from RISC OS 3.11.
Desktop

First run

First run in RISC OS 3.11
First run in RISC OS 3.11. The screenshot has an extra border (remove).



Empty desktop

Empty desktop in RISC OS 3.11
Empty desktop in RISC OS 3.11. The screenshot has an extra border (remove).

The RISC OS desktop consists of the pinboard (aka the desktop) and the icon bar at the bottom of the screen.



Desktop with applications

Desktop with applications in RISC OS 3.11
Desktop with applications in RISC OS 3.11. The screenshot has an extra border (remove).

This screenshot shows one of RISC OS’s unique features. In the Edit pop-up menu (invoked with a MENU mouse button) there’s a Save As: submenu (invoked by simply moving the mouse right when on Save field). To save the file, the user has to put a correct name and then drag the icon to the directory window of her/his choice. Pressing the OK button will only give a “To save, drag the icon to a directory display” reminder.



Office applications

Notepad

Notepad in RISC OS 3.11 (Edit)
Notepad in RISC OS 3.11 (Edit)



Text editor


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.



Calculator

Calculator in RISC OS 3.11 (Calculator)
Calculator in RISC OS 3.11 (Calculator)

Calculator in RISC OS 3.11 (SciCalc)
Calculator in RISC OS 3.11 (SciCalc)



Calendar


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.



Clock

Clock in RISC OS 3.11 (Clock)
Clock in RISC OS 3.11 (Clock)

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Clock in RISC OS 3.11 (Alarm)
Clock in RISC OS 3.11 (Alarm)

This is the alarm clock which puts itself in the icon bar. Available in both digital Switch to view 1 and analogue flavours. Switch to view 2



Address book


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.

Multimedia applications

Media player
CD player
Volume level
Sound


This GUI doesn’t have these features.

Networking applications

Terminal
Phone dialer


This GUI doesn’t have these features.

Internet applications

Browser
Mail


This GUI doesn’t have these features.

Accessibility applications

Keyboard map


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.



Settings

Settings menu

Settings menu in RISC OS 3.11 (Configuration)
Settings menu in RISC OS 3.11 (Configuration)



General


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.



Appearance

Appearance in RISC OS 3.11 (Palette)
Appearance in RISC OS 3.11 (Palette)

This is a separate application allowing to change the system-wide visual palette.

Appearance in RISC OS 3.11 (Window manager)
Appearance in RISC OS 3.11 (Window manager)



Desktop themes


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.



Display

Display in RISC OS 3.11 (Screen)
Display in RISC OS 3.11 (Screen)

The only way to change the video mode in this RISC OS is to put its valid numerical identifier in a respective text field



Screensaver

This feature can be found in the Display section.



Keyboard

Keyboard in RISC OS 3.11 (Keyboard)
Keyboard in RISC OS 3.11 (Keyboard)

(Note the use of centiseconds as a unit.)



Mouse

Mouse in RISC OS 3.11 (Mouse)
Mouse in RISC OS 3.11 (Mouse)

It is worth mentioning here that Acorn computers use three-button mice in where each button can be equally important. For example, the middle one invokes a context-sensitive pop-up menu (there are no pull-down menus in the GUI).



Time and date

Time and date in RISC OS 3.11
Time and date in RISC OS 3.11

This is a window from the Alarm application.



International
Accessibility
Power management


This GUI doesn’t have these features.



System managers

Application manager

This feature can be found in the File manager section.



File manager

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File manager in RISC OS 3.11
File manager in RISC OS 3.11



Running applications

Running applications in RISC OS 3.11 (Icon bar)
Running applications in RISC OS 3.11 (Icon bar)

The lefthand icons give the user access to disk drives (here floppy drive and hard drive) and Apps window listing all available applications (either in ROM or on drives). The righthand icons are the running applications (except for the last one giving the general RISC OS menu). When launched, applications usually just appear in the icon bar without spawning any windows.



Task manager

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Task manager in RISC OS 3.11 (Tasks)
Task manager in RISC OS 3.11 (Tasks)

This task manager incorporates an interesting feature: dragging the red bars will change the memory allocation.

System features

Help

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Help in RISC OS 3.11 (Interactive help)
Help in RISC OS 3.11 (Interactive help)

When launched, this interactive help sits at the bottom of the screen and comments on the screen elements pointed by the mouse cursor.



Search
Trash can


This GUI doesn’t have these features.



Run

Run in RISC OS 3.11 (*Command)
Run in RISC OS 3.11 (*Command)

This feature is actually a submenu of the main RISC OS menu.

System utilities

Command prompt

Command prompt in RISC OS 3.11 (Task window)
Command prompt in RISC OS 3.11 (Task window)



Startup and shutdown

Welcome splash

Welcome splash in RISC OS 3.11
Welcome splash in RISC OS 3.11. The screenshot has an extra border (remove).

Please note the spelling of the word “Initialising” giving away RISC OS’s British origins.



Login screen
Logout screen
Shutdown window
Shutting down


This GUI doesn’t have these features.



Shutdown complete

Shutdown complete in RISC OS 3.11
Shutdown complete in RISC OS 3.11. The screenshot has an extra border (remove).



Installation

Welcome screen
Licence
File copying
Installation complete


This GUI doesn’t have these features.



Dialogs

About GUI

About GUI in RISC OS 3.11 (About the Operating System)
About GUI in RISC OS 3.11 (About the Operating System)

This window is actually a submenu of the main RISC OS menu.



About application

About application in RISC OS 3.11 (About this program)
About application in RISC OS 3.11 (About this program)

This window is actually a submenu of the main application menu.



Font selection


This GUI doesn’t have this feature. The font is changed by means of a pop-up menu.



Open file


This GUI doesn’t have this feature. None of RISC OS applications provide this window.



Colour selector


This feature is not yet documented on this site.

Miscellaneous

Wrong password


This GUI doesn’t have this feature.

Copyright © 2002-2006 Marcin Wichary, unless stated otherwise.