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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0!
Message-ID: <783@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 91 09:30:01 GMT
References: <1991Jan27.105252.7019@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1991Jan27.105252.7019@marlin.jcu.edu.au> glmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matt Crowd) writes:
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>8) No keyboard macro for delete.  It is used more than some of the
>others yet there is no macro for it.

This is probably intentional. Deleting the wrong thing is extremely
hazardous. I guess the user shall be protected from making errors by
making this action a bit more complicated.

>10) Can't create icons from Workbench for files which don't have
>them.  How many new computer users are going to realize they
>can load IconEdit and stuff around.  If they are trying to get the
>system to automatically "more" a text file and it doesn't have an
>icon....

Don't understand that. You CAN invoke IconEdit from the WB. Do you
want it to become a menu item on the WB? If yes, then this is
possible today with utilities like MyMenu (ok, not in normal
shipment).

>14) CLI history gripe - personal gripe shared by some other people
>who use CLI i know.  Under 2.0 con: selecting a command using
>the arrows puts the command into the history buffer again.

Not always! Only if you changed something in the line. And as the
system can't simply detect whether your changes were only marginal
or drastic, it can't treat them differently.

>19) Moving files should change tooltypes.  The Mac can handle this.
>Otherwise a user can move a file, then wonder why it doesn't work
>when they click on it.  I have seen people do this.  They then proceed
>to click 10 times on it....             

I think this (on the Mac) is due to the "Finder" concept. You can
argue very much about it (good and bad). But I can imagine VERY
difficult situations for the system to guess for new tooltypes
paths. I fear this is impossible to solve in every situation.

>20) DiskDoctor -> doesn't format for you

Hmm, why should it???

>23) File Search.  There is a very big need for a file search program.
>It should be useable from WB as well.

Huh? The CLI Search command does this! And you CAN invoke every CLI
program from WB under 2.0.

>25) No mention of color errors in bootup.  

Ok, would make some valid lines in the "Trouble shooting" part of
the user manual.

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