Vos™ Quick Reference

You must use Firefox ≥ 6.0, Chrome ≥ 15.0, or Safari ≥ 6.0 to run Vareos™ applications. Internet Explorer will work after you install the Google Chrome Frame plugin. We hope to make it possible to use Internet Explorer 10 without the Chrome Frame plugin.

Click the red ‘X’ on the left end of the window's title bar.

Click the green ‘+’ on the left end of the window's title bar.

Iconifying (also called minimizing) a window makes it disappear from the screen, after which it can be restored from its application icon.

To iconify a window, click the yellow ‘—’ on the left end of its title bar.

Access the application's window list and click on the window title corresponding to the window you want to deiconify.

A shaded window displays only its title bar. The rest of the window is invisible, as though it had been rolled up into the title bar like a real window shade.

To shade a window, double-click on the title bar with the primary mouse button.

Double-click on the window's freestanding title bar with the primary mouse button. The rest of the window will appear as though it had been unrolled from the title bar like a real window shade.

Place the mouse cursor on top of the backwards L at the lower right-hand corner of the window. The mouse cursor should change into the shape of your operating system's resize cursor. Press and hold down the primary mouse button while moving the cursor to adjust the size of the window.

Shift-click (click the primary mouse button while holding down the shift key) on the title bar. Also, you may click on the title bar with the secondary mouse button (a right click for right-handed mice).

Only one window may be actively selected at a time. That window will be placed on top of all other windows.

To select and activate an inactive window, click any part of the window, including its title bar. Also, you may access the application's window list and select the window by its title.

If you can't see a window, it may be iconified or hidden beneath another window. To make the window appear, access the application's window list and select the window by its title. The window will rise to the top of all other windows.

A window may also become hidden if you resize your Web browser and cut off the area containing the window. In that case, simply put your Web browser in full-screen mode (the recommended way to use Vos™) or maximize it to reveal the hidden window.

Click the program's icon in the application launcher or in a folder.

Select the Quit item from the application menu or access the application's window list and select the Quit item below the window list.

Click the program's icon in the application launcher or click on any of its open windows.

Drag the program's application icon from a folder and into the application launcher.

When you start a program from a folder, it is added temporarily to the application launcher until the program exits. There currently is no way to make the icon remain in the application launcher after the program exits except to drag the program's application icon from a folder into the application launcher before the program exits. In the future, you will be able to do this from the application window list menu.

Drag the application icon from the application launcher to anywhere outside of the application launcher. If an application is already open, the icon will be removed when it exits.

Not all applications are removable. For example, system default programs such as the Discover application cannot be removed from the application launcher.

Drag the application icon to its new location in the application launcher.

The Discover application icon cannot be moved.

Move the mouse cursor over the window's application icon in the application launcher on the left side of the screen. Press down the primary mouse button and wait for a list of window titles to appear.

An application window list disappears after you select a window or an action. If you decide not to make a selection, dismiss the window list by clicking on the application icon in the application launcher.

The system menu is the omnipresent leftmost menu in the menu bar, identifiable by the Vareos™ logo:

Select the Toggle Fullscreen item from the system menu.

Select the Log Out item from the system menu.

Select the Account Settings item from the system menu. The account settings window will open. Change your password by entering your current password and new password in the Change Password form.

Select the Account Settings item from the system menu. The account settings window will open. Change your email address by entering your new email address in the Change Email form. After pressing the Change Email button, a confirmation code will be sent to your current email address. After you receive the confirmation code, cut and paste it into the Confirm Email Change form and press the Confirm Email Change button.

Many applications allow you to participate in events with other people. For example, you can play a game of chess with a friend while other friends converse and watch the game.

To view all of the events in which you are participating, select the Events in Progress item from the system menu.

Access your event list and click on the Resume link to the left of the event you wish to resume. The event window will open, launching the parent application first if it is not already open.

Many applications allow you to invite other people to start an event with you. For example, you can post an opponent wanted request to play a game of chess.

To view all of your pending event requests, select the Event Requests item from the system menu.

Access your event requests and click on the Cancel link to the left of the event you wish to cancel.