Home Reviews HowTo	Explore the different parts of a window. Windows operating system allows you to have lots of information on the screen at the same time, and usually overlap that information like on pieces of paper. Screen real estate is a very important issue, and so the idea is to allow users to quickly resize, relocate, reorder, close, and otherwise manipulate these windows. Title area is information about the Window. This is done in a way that even if most of the content is obstructed by another Window, users will know what the is for, just by seeing the title. Zoom, Collapse and Size are all ways to increase or decrease the size. Microsoft Windows calls them maximize for zoom, and minimize for collapse.
	Dragging (moving the window) is done from texture area next to the Title, or from any edge of the window. Dragging is a way to relocate the window; this allows users to control, and improve, their screen real estate utilization. Closing a window is how you make the window go away.
Types of Windows There are a few different types of Windows. Here are the most common: Window: is just that. A window into a larger space (page) that contains content. Palette: is a type of window that floats over normal windows. It doesn't usually contain content, but instead has controls (tools) for working with data in the main window, or it holds information about the active window. Dialog: is a special notification window that pops up over you content window to ask you to input some information, or tell you about something, before things can continue. Parent-Child: these are a special relationship between Windows.  Basically, the child window behaves like a normal window, except it is a window inside the parent window, and can never be moved beyond the bounds of the parent Window. I'll continue this when I have more time....