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From: asaph@TAURUS.BITNET
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Subject: Re: Have an Idea!
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Date: 25 Jul 89 21:23:16 GMT
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In article <20363@louie.udel.EDU> OHA101%URIACC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (F. Michae
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>     Idea!  In order to make the Amiga more usefull to the total bone-hea..
> er, novice user, a Startup generator!  A intuition program that will
> allow people to select which programs to be loaded, which devices to
> be mounted, and junk like that.
>
>     It should be able to read in a S-S not generated by the program,
> and generate a perfect S-S when they are through.  Hows that sound?

It's a nice idea but I hardly think its usefull. Since it has been my experience
that users divide into 2 groups: 1) applications users who just know how to get
the program they normaly use running and thats it. 2) advanced users who
understand what a startup-sequence is, what you might like in it, and how
to write it.
   I personnaly have never met a person who knew what he wanted in a S-S but
lacked the ability to create it, usualy once you know what you want you also
know how to get it.
   A side note, is it legal to render into a requester using the graphics
primitevs ? If so, how would one go about doing this?
                                        Asaph
asaph@taurus.bitnet     - or -          asaph@math.tau.ac.il


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