FW Editor: What are your plans or objectives in the near future?
Andrei Gourianov: Follow the path.

FW Editor: How and when did you start writing the code for goScreen? What inspired you the most? Do you plan to develop new software, or are you more focused on optimizing the current ones?
Andrei Gourianov: The inspiration came from UNIX experience. The first time I worked on UNIX and learned about ‘desktop managers’ was in mid-90s. I liked the concept of ‘pager’ right away and wanted something like this in Windows world. The idea of how could I implement this came to me in spring of 1998, and after several weeks of experiments and intensive development goScreen 1.0 was ready. I never wanted to imitate anything. I named it ‘virtual multi-page monitor manager’ because I thought it was a right name: ‘pseudo multi-page monitor’, a monitor that has several ‘pseudo’ screens, or pages. I still use the term ‘screen pages’ in the documentation. GoScreen is not my primary business. As such, it takes enough of my spare time. I keep thinking how to make it better, and simply have no resources for other ‘hobby’ projects.

FW Editor: How safe is to use goScreen? It can affect my system settings?
Andrei Gourianov: It does not transmit anything over the internet; it does not read your documents or confidential data. If you ask me for help, and I request some data from you, you can always say ‘no’. It does not change system settings.

FW Editor: Do you plan to improve or change goScreen in any way? If yes, how are you going to do that?
Andrei Gourianov: Yes, of course. This work is never complete. Windows evolves, new applications come, users keep suggesting new features; I also have my own ideas.

FW Editor: goScreen can open up to 80 different screens. What is the difference between one screen with 80 tabs and 80 different screens with 1 tab each (just an example)? Why it is faster to work like that?
Andrei Gourianov: The idea of multiple screen pages is the idea of organizing work by task. Usually, each task implies using several applications. It can be one document you are working on, plus several reference documents; or email client plus several emails. Almost everything I work on requires me to open several application windows, and most of the time I work on several tasks at once. Switching between individual windows is simply inconvenient - finding what you need at the moment takes too much time.

FW Editor: What are the advantages of using goScreen over any other similar product?
Andrei Gourianov: I do not use similar product very often. I believe, comparing to similar products, goScreen has much more features. Years of development pay off. Some products implement cool animations and proudly present them to you. You enjoy those animations for couple of days, and then ask yourself – what else can I do? It turns out, not much. Some products do not support multiple monitors. True, many people still use single monitor, but multiple monitor systems are more and more common. Some products are unaware of tablet or ultra-mobile computers. The list goes on.

FW Editor: How can you describe goScreen in just a few words?
Andrei Gourianov: It is a galaxy of possibilities.

FW Editor: What is your favorite feature from goScreen and why?
Andrei Gourianov: The one that I have just finished working on. More seriously, I keep talking about ‘possiblities’, and this is probably the most important feature.

FW Editor: Can you tell us more about this feature? Why it is so important? Is goScreen the same without it?
Andrei Gourianov: GoScreen has a lot of features, but how to combine them is up to you. GoScreen relies on your imagination. You invent ways of organizing your work, and goScreen helps.

FW Editor: Do you have any message for goScreen users? Is there anything you would like to share with them?
Andrei Gourianov: It is all about organizing your work. Once you have more than five application windows on your desktop, it is time to think about organizing them.