Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!ncrcan!brian
From: brian@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Brian A. Onn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: what are you doing with OS/2???
Keywords: OS/2 using enjoying
Message-ID: <1645@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM>
Date: 21 Oct 89 02:07:39 GMT
References: <5154@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <1989Oct19.143604.21001@rpi.edu> <13220@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Reply-To: brian@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Brian A. Onn)
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In article <13220@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> osbornk@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Kasey S. Osborn) writes:
>In article <1989Oct19.143604.21001@rpi.edu> ander@pawl.rpi.edu (Michae) writes:
>>BTW, has anyone out there gotten 1.2??  How is HPFS??  What other features 
>>have been packaged with 1.2??
>
>I'm running MS-OS/2 1.2.  I really like what they've done with the
>look and feel.  Task Manager has become "Task List" and is a popup
>dialog box.  (Not a standard window any more.)

Hmm.  I'll have to wait and see if I'll like this or not.  I liked being
able to click on the Task Manager Icon and switching to any task, without
touching the keyboard.   How do you pop it up now?

>Start Programs has become "Desktop Manager" and has movable icons.
>The buttons have changed.  They are 3D.  

Yeah, both these features are welcome.  The 3D buttons should look good.

>I haven't installed HPFS yet but I understand that you want to think
>twice about installing it on a primary partitions.  Other OS's may have
>problems booting.  Otherwise, it's a speed improvement and lets you
>name files Unix-like (but still case insensitive).

Arrgh! Not still case insensitive.  Why don't they do it right the first
time?   What is the name length limit (if any)?

Thanks,
	Brian.
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